Silverlined Cardinalfish (species: Ostorhinchus hartzfeldii) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Ostorhinchus hartzfeldii
Silverlined Cardinalfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Apogonidae
Genus Ostorhinchus
Species Ostorhinchus hartzfeldii

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Comments

It is unlikely that this species occurs at Lizard Island despite the record by Caley (1991). There are no records of it on the east coast of Australia in Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 19 Jan 2019) and Allen and Erdmann (2012) do not list Australia within its distribution.

by Anne Hoggett

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen and M.V. Erdmann, G.R. (2012). Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. LIRS catalog number 90162.

Other references

  • Caley, M.J. (1991). Mechanisms of coexistence in communities of coral-reef fishes, Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. LIRS catalog number 307.