Graceful-tailed cardinalfish

Pseudamiops gracilicauda

A silver belly shows through clear skin

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

Graceful-tailed cardinalfish is a marine fish associated with reef habitat. The available account notes this characteristic: A silver belly shows through clear skin.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Pseudamiops
Maximum length: 5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Chagos Islands to the Hawaiian Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef and Rapa.

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