Orangelined Cardinalfish

Taeniamia fucata

Ten Centimeters Apogonid Fish of Indo Pacific

Brown
Orange
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Small
Tropical fish

Taeniamia fucata, commonly known as the orange-lined- or painted cardinalfish, is a marine fish native to reefs from northern Australia and New Guinea, across the Indian Ocean to the east coast of Africa, and Pacific Ocean to Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga, and the Ryukyu Islands. It was known as Archamia fucata until 2013. FishBase treats T. sansibaricus as synonymous with T. fucata.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Taeniamia
Maximum length: 10 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964 ); Red Sea and east coast of Africa, eastward to the Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga; north to Ryukyu Islands; south to northern Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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