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Smith's cardinalfish

Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970

Status not recordedbony fish

The smith's cardinalfish (Jaydia smithi) is a species in the family Apogonidae, order Apogoniformes.

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Quick facts about the smith's 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 smith's cardinalfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the smith's cardinalfish as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Israel
  2. Lebanon
  3. 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 smith's 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 smith's cardinalfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderApogoniformes
  5. familyApogonidae
  6. genusJaydia
  7. SpeciesJaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970

Synonyms Apogon andhrae, Apogon hung, Apogon hungi, Apogon smithi, Apogon smithii, Jaydia hungi

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • parmovec SmithůvCzech
  • raitaeväkardinaaliahvenFinnish
  • אפוגון סמית'Hebrew
  • 史密斯氏天竺鲷Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the smith's cardinalfish

Other species in the same genus Jaydia.

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Common questions

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Is the smith's cardinalfish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the smith's cardinalfish as introduced in 3 countries: Israel, Lebanon and Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the smith's cardinalfish?

The smith's cardinalfish (Jaydia smithi) 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). Smith's cardinalfish (Jaydia smithi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/smiths-cardinalfish

MLA

“Smith's cardinalfish (Jaydia smithi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/smiths-cardinalfish.

BibTeX
@misc{smiths_cardinalfish_2026,
  title = {Smith's cardinalfish (Jaydia smithi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/smiths-cardinalfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}