Taeniamia fucata
Painted cardinalfish | Bronze-streaked Cardinalfish | Crossbanded Cardinalfish | Orange-lied Cardinalfish | Red-barred Cardinalfish | Shimmering Cardinalfish | Archamia fucata
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Two short blue stripes from snout through eye, dark spot on tail base, often with dark bar beneath eye. Rear edges of scales iridescent yellow/orange, forming narrow wavy vertical lines, and giving the appearance of almost glowing orange/yellow from a distance. Lacks spot behind upper operculum as on T. biguttata.
Information
Max Size: 10 cm
Sea Temperature Range: N/A
Depth: 2-60m
Habitat Generalization Index: 1.27
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 (7.5% 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: Large aggregations (116 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.