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Blacktip cardinalfish

Apogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903

Status not recordedbony fish

The blacktip cardinalfish (Apogon atradorsatus) is a species in the family Apogonidae, order Apogoniformes.

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Quick facts about the blacktip cardinalfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blacktip cardinalfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blacktip cardinalfish as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Syria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the blacktip cardinalfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blacktip cardinalfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderApogoniformes
  5. familyApogonidae
  6. genusApogon
  7. SpeciesApogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • parmovec černocípýCzech
  • Cardenal Punta NegraSpanish
  • Cardeal-de-ponta-negraPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blacktip cardinalfish

Other species in the same genus Apogon.

Fucinata

Apogon imberbis

ApogonidaeNo free photo yet

Flamefish

Apogon maculatus

ApogonidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the blacktip cardinalfish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blacktip cardinalfish as introduced in 1 country: Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the blacktip cardinalfish?

The blacktip cardinalfish (Apogon atradorsatus) belongs to the family Apogonidae in the order Apogoniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blacktip cardinalfish (Apogon atradorsatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blacktip-cardinalfish

MLA

“Blacktip cardinalfish (Apogon atradorsatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blacktip-cardinalfish.

BibTeX
@misc{blacktip_cardinalfish_2026,
  title = {Blacktip cardinalfish (Apogon atradorsatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blacktip-cardinalfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}