The Yellow Striped Cardinalfish is an underrated species that really bring a lot of activity and color to an aquarium. In house, they are being fed an array of Nutramar Foods and frozen meaty foods. What is your favorite species of Cardinalfish?
Yellow Striped Cardinals have a very wide distribution, from the Northern Pacific all the way to the Red Sea. It is possible that O. cyanosoma will be divided into more species in the future, but currently they are all one species with a very large range. This fish was collected in Tonga during a QM vendor visit and found that there they prefer to spend their time under rock or coral cover in caves. They can be found from inside coral lagoons in shallow warm water only a couple feet deep, or as deep as 50m where they live in the branches of coral. Mostly these fish are found in shallower water, and it isn’t uncommon to see large groups living within the spines of a long-spined urchin. Read More Here
Yellow Striped Cardinals have a very wide distribution, from the Northern Pacific all the way to the Red Sea. It is possible that O. cyanosoma will be divided into more species in the future, but currently they are all one species with a very large range. This fish was collected in Tonga during a QM vendor visit and found that there they prefer to spend their time under rock or coral cover in caves. They can be found from inside coral lagoons in shallow warm water only a couple feet deep, or as deep as 50m where they live in the branches of coral. Mostly these fish are found in shallower water, and it isn’t uncommon to see large groups living within the spines of a long-spined urchin. Read More Here
