Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Spotgill Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus chrysopomus
Spotgill Cardinalfish
Category: Cardinalfishes
Scientific Name: Ostorhinchus chrysopomus
Size: Up to 3.5 in. (9 cm)  
Depth: 6-75 ft. (2-23 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Apogoniformes (Order)
     └Apogonidae (Family) Cardinalfishes
      └Ostorhinchus (Genus)
       └O. chrysopomus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 712650🔗
iNaturalist ID: 425256🔗

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