Skip to content
Lumisia Animals
← Find animals
Ocean animals

Five-lined cardinalfish

Amazing fact

Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus has a black patch edged in yellow at the base of its tail fin.

新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海
Five-lined cardinalfish in its habitat (illustration)

No sign-up needed. You can save notes on this device.

An illustration based on the real animal.

A little discovery to share.

Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus has a black patch edged in yellow at the base of its tail fin.

Source新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — ヤライイシモチ

Check your card before sharing

Preparing your card…

The card and link show only the animal and its discovery. Check them with a grown-up before you send them.

THE REAL WORLD

The real Five-lined cardinalfish

Scientific name
Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus
Japanese name
ヤライイシモチ
Group
Ocean animals
Order
Kurtiformes
Family
Apogonidae
Genus
Cheilodipterus
Facts about the real animal.
01

A fish that lives in the southern seas of Japan, from the Izu Islands to the Ryukyu Islands, and in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

鳥羽水族館 — ヤライイシモチ
02

During the day, it hides among corals and in the shadows of rocks.

鳥羽水族館 — ヤライイシモチ
03

Its body has clear black stripes running from head to tail.

鳥羽水族館 — ヤライイシモチ

Basic data

Range
Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Indo-Pacific, and elsewhere
鳥羽水族館

Where the Five-lined cardinalfish has been recorded

World map with dots where the Five-lined cardinalfish has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesJapanWorld oceansCoral reefsCoasts

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

Português (Brasil)
Cardeal-de-cinco-linhas
Bahasa Indonesia
Gete-gete

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

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 mistake

RELATIVES

Others in Apogonidae

Spotnape cardinalfish in its habitat (illustration)

Spotnape cardinalfish

Black cardinalfish in its habitat (illustration)

Black cardinalfish

Doederlein's cardinalfish in its habitat (illustration)

Doederlein's cardinalfish

Coral cardinalfish in its habitat (illustration)

Coral cardinalfish

Half-lined cardinal in its habitat (illustration)

Half-lined cardinal

Candystripe cardinalfish in its habitat (illustration)

Candystripe cardinalfish

Ishigaki cardinalfish in its habitat (illustration)

Ishigaki cardinalfish

Sevenstriped cardinalfish in its habitat (illustration)

Sevenstriped cardinalfish

MORE TO MEET

More animals to meet

Emperor penguin in its habitat (illustration)

Emperor penguin

Blue whale in its habitat (illustration)

Blue whale

Sea otter in its habitat (illustration)

Sea otter

Spotted seal in its habitat (illustration)

Spotted seal