Ostorhinchus cyanosoma

Yellowstriped cardinalfish | Blue-lined Cardinalfish | Goldenstriped Cardinalfish | Orangelined Cardinalfish | Yellow-striped Cardinalfish | Apogon cyanosoma
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma, adult, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma, adult, Ambon Harbour, Indonesia, Photo: Joe Shields
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma, adult, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Five narrow yellow/orange stripes plus distinct half stripe from eye. Similar to O. wassinki and O. properuptus, but distinguished by narrower yellow stripes, particularly those on lower body, and distinguished from O.rubrimacula by lacking red spot at tail base. Inter-spaces between stripes pearly white except for on head where they are iridescent blue.


Information

Max Size: 8 cm

Sea Temperature Range: N/A

Depth: 1-50m

Habitat Generalization Index: 2.69

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Frequent (10.8% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Many (57 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland