Orbicular Cardinalfish
Sphaeramia orbicularis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The orbiculate cardinalfish, chubby cardinal, or polka-dot cardinalfish is a species of Apogonidae (cardinalfishes). It grows to about 10 cm total length, and has a thin, dark vertical 'waistband' with scattered dark spots toward the tail. It is found in coastal areas throughout much of the Indo-Pacific, including off East Africa, Kiribati, the Ryukyu Islands, New Caledonia, Belau, and the eastern Caroline and Mariana Islands.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Sphaeramia