Ostorhinchus aureus

Ringtail cardinalfish | Golden Cardinalfish | Apogon aureus
Ostorhinchus aureus
Ostorhinchus aureus, Jervis Bay, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Ostorhinchus aureus
Ostorhinchus aureus, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Ostorhinchus aureus
Ostorhinchus aureus, adult, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Ostorhinchus aureus
Ostorhinchus aureus
Ostorhinchus aureus

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Bright orange with a wide black band around tail base. Two narrow blue stripes from snout through eye. Similar Apogon capricornis has a spot on the tail base rather than a band.


Information

Max Size: 11 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 24.3-28.5°C

Depth: 1-40m

Habitat Generalization Index: 4.92

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (4.2% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Many (31 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland