Candystripe cardinalfish
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The black spot at the base of its tail sits where it reaches onto the tail fin.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Candystripe cardinalfish
- Scientific name
- Ostorhinchus endekataenia
- Japanese name
- コスジイシモチ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Kurtiformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Ostorhinchus
It lives in the seas from Honshu to the Ryukyu Islands and in places such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Java.
How the Candystripe cardinalfish lives
It is active at night. It lives in crevices in coral reefs. It forms both small and large groups. It forms a pair during courtship and spawning.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- Jeju Island, Taiwan, Fujian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Java, Gulf of Thailand, and elsewhere
Where the Candystripe cardinalfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- コスジイシモチ
- 简体中文
- 细线天竺鲷
- 繁體中文
- 細線天竺鯛
- 한국어
- 줄동갈돔
- Português (Brasil)
- Cardeal-de-Tóquio
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — コスジイシモチChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Ostorhinchus endekataenia, Candystripe cardinalfishChecked: 2026-11-09
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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