Definitions

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  • noun Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes.

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  • noun small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters

Etymologies

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cardinal +‎ fish

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Examples

  • Some species including black oreo and black cardinalfish occur more often on seamounts than above the adjacent slopes and seafloor.

    Seamount 2008

  • Squirrelfish, bigeyes, and some cardinalfish also forage for invertebrates off of the reef at night, but they do not move as far as snappers and grunts.

    Coral reef fish feeding behavior in the Caribbean 2008

  • Among the potentially new species documented were two types of cardinalfish, two varieties of dottybacks, a garden eel, a sand perch, a fang blenny, a new species of goby and a previously unknown Euphyllia bubble coral.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Many species were affected, including cardinalfish, parrotfish, damselfish and others.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • The United States recently unsuccessfully asked CITES to list the Banggai cardinalfish

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • The United States recently unsuccessfully asked CITES to list the Banggai cardinalfish

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • Many species were affected, including cardinalfish, parrotfish, damselfish and others.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • When it comes to breeding marine fish, Banggai cardinalfish are one of the easiest.

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • Three cardinalfish, each measuring less than 2cm in length, which are normally found on the coral reefs of the Banggai Islands between the Philippines and Australia, were born at the Blue Reef Aquarium.

    unknown title 2009

  • The Banggai cardinalfish is a paternal mouthbrooder.

    Pounding The Rock 2009

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