Cardinal soldierfish
📖 Overview
Overview information for Cardinal soldierfish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 4; Anal soft rays: 11. Small, chunky squirrelfish without a preopercular spine. Circumorbital bones have slender spines, those below eye forward-pointing . Body brilliant orangish red, fins somewhat paler. Spines near angle of preopercle somewhat enlarged. Soft dorsal, caudal and anal fins unscaled, their lobes broadly rounded .: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
Diet information for Cardinal soldierfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Cardinal soldierfish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 22 m . Tropical; - 24°S South America.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 59 records indexed .
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