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Flagfin cardinalfish

Jaydia truncata (Bleeker, 1855)

Status not recordedbony fish

The flagfin cardinalfish (Jaydia truncata) is a species in the family Apogonidae, order Apogoniformes.

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Quick facts about the flagfin 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 flagfin cardinalfish live?

Not recorded

Is the flagfin 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 flagfin cardinalfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderApogoniformes
  5. familyApogonidae
  6. genusJaydia
  7. SpeciesJaydia truncata (Bleeker, 1855)

Synonyms Apogon arafurae, Apogon marginatus, Apogon truncata, Apogon truncatus, Apogonichthys taeniopterus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Flag-fin cardinal-fishEnglish
  • Flat-tail cardinalfishEnglish
  • parmovec zkrácenýCzech
  • ツマグロイシモチJapanese
  • Cardeal-velaPortuguese
  • ปลาอมไข่ครีบบั้งThai
  • 大目側仔Chinese
  • 大面側仔Chinese
  • 截尾天竺鯛Chinese
  • 截尾天竺鲷Chinese
  • 黑邊天竺鯛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flagfin cardinalfish

Other species in the same genus Jaydia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the flagfin cardinalfish?

The flagfin cardinalfish (Jaydia truncata) belongs to the family Apogonidae in the order Apogoniformes.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Flagfin cardinalfish (Jaydia truncata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flagfin-cardinalfish

MLA

“Flagfin cardinalfish (Jaydia truncata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/flagfin-cardinalfish.

BibTeX
@misc{flagfin_cardinalfish_2026,
  title = {Flagfin cardinalfish (Jaydia truncata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flagfin-cardinalfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}