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Bigeye cardinalfish (Nectamia bandanensis)
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Apogonidae

Bigeye cardinalfish

Nectamia bandanensis

Wedge mark below eye

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Bigeye cardinalfish is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 10 cm.

Maximum length
10 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Moluccas and Philippines to Samoa and Tonga, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to southern Great Barrier Reef; Mariana and Caroline Islands in Micronesia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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