Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Moluccan Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus moluccensis
Moluccan Cardinalfish
Category: Cardinalfishes
Scientific Name: Ostorhinchus moluccensis
Size: Up to 3 in. (8 cm)  
Depth: 3-80 ft. (1-25 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
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. moluccensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 319879🔗
iNaturalist ID: 425257🔗

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