Threadfin cardinalfish

Thread fin cardinalfish, mouth brooding males

The thread fins cardinalfish ( Zoramia leptacantha ) or neon cardinalfish is a schooling fish from the family of cardinal fish ( Apogonidae ).

He lives in the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific, from Mozambique to the Ryukyu Islands and Tonga. During the day he is hiding between astförmigen stony corals to hunt at dawn after plankton. He often lives in mixed shoals with the cardinal perches Archamia fucata and Archamia zosterophora.

Like all cardinal fish are the thread -fin cardinal fish mouth brooders. They are six inches long.