Ostorhinchus oxina Cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus oxina is commonly referred to as Cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Apogon oxina - Kardinalbarsch

Apogon oxina - Kardinalbarsch

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lexID:: 303
AphiaID:: 273063

Scientific:: Ostorhinchus oxina
German:: Kardinalbarsch
English:: Cardinalfish

Category:: Kardinalfisk

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Ostorhinchus (Genus) > oxina (Species)
Initial determination:: Fraser, 1999

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, India, Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Western Indian Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 10 - 20 Meter
Habitats:: Muddy grounds
Size:: 1.97" - 2.76" (5cm - 7,1cm)
Temperature:: 82.58 °F - 84.92 °F (28.1°C - 29.4°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Frozen food (small sorts), Mysis, Zooplankton
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-08-28 23:48:13
Last edit:: 2025-10-07 22:09:36

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Susceptibly: Very transport-sensitive and delicately during accustomisation. Then again with good feeding very durable.
Social Behaviour: A swarmfish, which will stay close to his comrades in danger. Peaceful against other inhabitants.
Tank: Needs a well structured tank with hiding places. Well suitable for reef tanks.

Synonym:
Apogon oxina (Fraser, 1999)

External links

A new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 07.10.2025.
Hippocampus Bildarchiv (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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