Redspot cardinalfish
No sign-up needed. You can save notes on this device.
An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Male redspot cardinalfish hatch eggs inside their mouths.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Redspot cardinalfish
- Scientific name
- Ostorhinchus parvulus
- Japanese name
- ネオンテンジクダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Kurtiformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Ostorhinchus
Where the name “Redspot cardinalfish” comes from
Its Japanese name refers to its pale blue body looking like neon in dark places.
アクアマリンふくしまIt lives from Yakushima, Amami Oshima and Ishigaki Island to the Philippines and Indonesia.
How the Redspot cardinalfish lives
It lives in calm bays where unpolluted river water flows in. It gathers in groups around coral reefs and rock shelters to avoid predators.
日本自然保護協会アクアマリンふくしまBasic data
- Range
- Yakushima, Amami Oshima, Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, Philippine Islands, Kalimantan, and elsewhere
Where the Redspot 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
- ネオンテンジクダイ
- 简体中文
- 小天竺鲷
- 繁體中文
- 小天竺鯛
- Español
- Apogon parvulus
- Português (Brasil)
- Cardeal-de-pinta-vermelha
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 — ネオンテンジクダイChecked: 2026-11-04
- アクアマリンふくしま — ネオンテンジクダイChecked: 2026-11-07
- 日本自然保護協会 — 辺野古・大浦湾 生きものたちの物語Checked: 2026-11-07
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.
Report a mistakeRELATIVES
Others in Apogonidae
MORE TO MEET
