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Photo Author - Andrey Ryanskiy

Species name (lat): Cheilodipterus macrodon

Description:

Large-toothed cardinalfish, Tiger cardinalfish (Eng) - Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lat) - this is the biggest cardinalfish. It grows up to 25 cm. Active predator, feeding on small fish. Depth 2-40 m

Habitat:

Red Sea, Indo-Pacific - from East Africa and Persian Gulf, Maldives and Thailand to Indonesia, Malaysia,Philippines, southern Japan, Papua New Guinea and Great Barrier Reef

Cheilodipterus macrodon - Large-toothed cardinalfish - Large-toothed cardinalfish

Juvenal, Maldives

Photo author - Andrey Ryanskiy

Philippines

Photo author - Andrey Ryanskiy

Red Sea

Andrey Ryanskiy