Taeniamia melasma, Adult, Dampier, WA, Photo: Andrew Green
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Translucent pale silvery-grey with orange/yellow rear margins on scales, which create fine wavy vertical lines on body. Dark bar under eye (not always present), and black spot behind upper operculum with darkish patch below. T. biguttata (Twinspot Cardinalfish) has spot on tail base.
Information
Max Size: 11 cm
Depth: 1-12m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (7% 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 (18 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
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Taeniamia melasma, Adult, Dampier, WA, Photo: Andrew Green
