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Pharaoh cardinalfish

Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (Bellotti, 1874)

Status not recordedbony fish

The pharaoh cardinalfish (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis) is a species in the family Apogonidae, order Apogoniformes.

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Quick facts about the pharaoh 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 pharaoh cardinalfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pharaoh cardinalfish as introduced in 7 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Egypt
  3. Greece
  4. Israel
  5. Lebanon
  6. Syria
  7. Türkiye

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 pharaoh 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 pharaoh cardinalfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderApogoniformes
  5. familyApogonidae
  6. genusApogonichthyoides
  7. SpeciesApogonichthyoides pharaonis (Bellotti, 1874)

Synonyms Apogon duops, Apogon nigripinnis, Apogon pharaonis, Apogon queketti, Apogon smithi, Apogon suezii, Apogon taeniatus, Apogon thurstoni, Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • parmovec faraonskýCzech
  • Καρδινάλιος του ΦαραώGreek
  • Apogon pharaonFrench
  • אפוגון פרעוניHebrew
  • Cardeal-faraóPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pharaoh cardinalfish

Other species in the same genus Apogonichthyoides.

Bullseye

Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis

ApogonidaeNo free photo yet

Timor cardinal

Apogonichthyoides timorensis

ApogonidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pharaoh cardinalfish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pharaoh cardinalfish as introduced in 7 countries, including Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Israel and Lebanon, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pharaoh cardinalfish?

The pharaoh cardinalfish (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis) 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). Pharaoh cardinalfish (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pharaoh-cardinalfish

MLA

“Pharaoh cardinalfish (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pharaoh-cardinalfish.

BibTeX
@misc{pharaoh_cardinalfish_2026,
  title = {Pharaoh cardinalfish (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pharaoh-cardinalfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}