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Ocellate cardinalfish

Jaydia carinatus (Cuvier, 1828)

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the ocellate 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 ocellate cardinalfish live?

Not recorded

Is the ocellate 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 ocellate cardinalfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderApogoniformes
  5. familyApogonidae
  6. genusJaydia
  7. SpeciesJaydia carinatus (Cuvier, 1828)

Synonyms Apogon carinatus, Apogonichthys carinatus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Ocellated cardinal-fishEnglish
  • Ocellated cardinalfishEnglish
  • parmovec stříbřitýCzech
  • マトイシモチJapanese
  • Cardeal-de-CuvierPortuguese
  • ปลาอมไข่ครีบดวงThai
  • 大目側仔Chinese
  • 大面側仔Chinese
  • 斑鰭天竺鯛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ocellate cardinalfish

Other species in the same genus Jaydia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the ocellate cardinalfish?

The ocellate cardinalfish (Jaydia carinatus) 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). Ocellate cardinalfish (Jaydia carinatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ocellate-cardinalfish

MLA

“Ocellate cardinalfish (Jaydia carinatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ocellate-cardinalfish.

BibTeX
@misc{ocellate_cardinalfish_2026,
  title = {Ocellate cardinalfish (Jaydia carinatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ocellate-cardinalfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}