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Twobelt cardinal

Apogonichthyoides taeniatus (Cuvier, 1828)

Status not recordedbony fish

The twobelt cardinal (Apogonichthyoides taeniatus) is a species in the family Apogonidae, order Apogoniformes.

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Quick facts about the twobelt 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 twobelt cardinal live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the twobelt cardinal as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Egypt

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 twobelt 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 twobelt cardinal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderApogoniformes
  5. familyApogonidae
  6. genusApogonichthyoides
  7. SpeciesApogonichthyoides taeniatus (Cuvier, 1828)

Synonyms Amia ocellata, Apogon bifasciatus, Apogon duops, Apogon ocellatus, Apogon taeniata, Apogon taeniatus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Doublebar cardinalfishEnglish
  • Two-belt cardinalEnglish
  • Twobelt cardinalfishEnglish
  • سمك الكاردينال ذو الحزامينArabic
  • parmovec dvoupruhýCzech
  • puoliraitakardinaaliahvenFinnish
  • Apogon à deux sellesFrench
  • Cardeal-oceladoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the twobelt cardinal

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 twobelt cardinal an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the twobelt cardinal as introduced in 1 country: Egypt, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the twobelt cardinal?

The twobelt cardinal (Apogonichthyoides taeniatus) 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). Twobelt cardinal (Apogonichthyoides taeniatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/twobelt-cardinal

MLA

“Twobelt cardinal (Apogonichthyoides taeniatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/twobelt-cardinal.

BibTeX
@misc{twobelt_cardinal_2026,
  title = {Twobelt cardinal (Apogonichthyoides taeniatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/twobelt-cardinal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}