Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Wassinki Cardinalfish - Juvenile
Ostorhinchus wassinki
Wassinki Cardinalfish
Also known as: Kupang Cardinalfish
Category: Cardinalfishes
Scientific Name: Ostorhinchus wassinki
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Depth: 6-45 ft. (2-15 m)
Distribution: Asian Pacific
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Apogoniformes (Order)
     └Apogonidae (Family) Cardinalfishes
      └Ostorhinchus (Genus)
       └O. wassinki (Species)
WoRMS ID: 712693🔗
iNaturalist ID: 425294🔗

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