Flag-in cardinal-fish

Jaydia ellioti

Apogonid Fish beneath New Caledonia

Flag-in cardinal-fish is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 16 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Jaydia
Maximum length: 16 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the southern Marshall Islands, north to southern Japan, south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and northwestern Australia. Also reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 26587 ). Occurrence in Taiwan needs confirmation.

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