FRECKLED CARDINALFISH

Phaeoptyx conklini

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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        Freckled cardinalfish
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Commonly found on shallow rocky and coral bottoms (Ref. 9626), in empty conch shells, rubble, or empty containers. Abundant where Acropora palmata abound (Ref. 9626). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Presence of buccal pouch for brooding eggs (Ref. 39366).

	Barbus eurystomus Keilhack, 1908
	Osteochilus brachynotopteroides Chevey, 1934
	Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 Whitespotted boxfish
	Trachurus murphyi Nichols, 1920 Inca scad
	Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791) Bluehead

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