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Spotfin cardinal

Jaydia queketti (Gilchrist, 1903)

Status not recordedbony fish

The spotfin cardinal (Jaydia queketti) is a species in the family Apogonidae, order Apogoniformes.

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Quick facts about the spotfin cardinal

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 spotfin cardinal live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spotfin cardinal 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 spotfin cardinal 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 spotfin cardinal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderApogoniformes
  5. familyApogonidae
  6. genusJaydia
  7. SpeciesJaydia queketti (Gilchrist, 1903)

Synonyms Apogon queketti, Apogonichthys queketti

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • parmovec skvrnoploutvýCzech
  • täpläeväkardinaaliahvenFinnish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spotfin cardinal

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Common questions

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Is the spotfin cardinal an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spotfin cardinal 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 spotfin cardinal?

The spotfin cardinal (Jaydia queketti) 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). Spotfin cardinal (Jaydia queketti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotfin-cardinal

MLA

“Spotfin cardinal (Jaydia queketti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotfin-cardinal.

BibTeX
@misc{spotfin_cardinal_2026,
  title = {Spotfin cardinal (Jaydia queketti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotfin-cardinal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}