Ostorhinchus cyanosoma

Gold Stripe cardinalfish, down a maul brooding males

The gold stripe or yellow stripes cardinalfish ( Ostorhinchus cyanosoma, Syn Apogon cyanosoma ) 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 in shallow water from one to twelve meters deep. During the day he is in hiding to hunt at dawn after zooplankton between astförmigen stony corals and sea urchin spines.

Features

Gold Stripe cardinalfishes be up to eight inches long, but usually remain at a length of six inches. Their dorsal fin is clearly separated into a hard - and soft-rayed part one. It is supported by eight spines and nine soft rays in the anal fin there are two spines and eight soft rays. The fish are of silver- blue color and show six yellow- orange stripes. The middle strip end in a reddish spot on the caudal fin base.

Reproduction

Like all cardinal fish are the gold stripe cardinal fish mouth brooders. The courtship takes four to five hours. Then the female lays one large white Eiballen, which is taken into the mouth of males immediately and until hatching of the larvae left after about eight days there in just five seconds. In the aquarium, it was observed that the respective females always stay close to the males. The hatching larvae are about one millimeter long.