Ordered Cardinalfish Online. ID Help?

[PicoDeNano]

Hi there,

I ordered what was supposed to be a Yellow-striped cardinalfish online from a vendor I won't mention unless they don't honor my original order.

I am nearly certain it is an Ochre-striped cardinalfish but wanted to run it past the experts. It is about 1 1/2" to 2". Engaging personality, currently in QT.

I have a 25 gallon reef I was planning to put the smaller cardinalfish in with a Pink-streaked wrasse, Yasha goby, and Red firefish. I read that these guys can get up to 4.7", but other places list it as not growing past 3". I'm assuming this guy is not a fit for that reef?

What are your thoughts on what it is and what I should do with it?

Thank you!

 

[Zionas]

Definitely not a Yellow-Striped Cardinal but I don’t know which one it is. Bump.

 

[PicoDeNano]

I'm starting to think it might be a Seale's Cardinalfish or Doederlein's Cardinalfish potentially.

 

[Louis Z]

It looks like a five lined . Hard to be sure with seeing downward . If looking up from the bottom and there is another line underneath , I think it’s 5 lined . Not ochre striped . Black spot near caudal with a highlight of yellow is similar to ochre striped . Ochre striped has usually thicker stripes and one of the stripes is often split near the head , plus it usually is bronze reddish stripes any. Any way I am always happy with different cardinalfish . I like them all so far . I am building my collection of them . So far I have banggai , yellow line and blue eye . The seale’s I had acquired locally had uronema and perished very quickly . That lFS wasn’t so great and eventually closed . I am on the hunt for the purple eyed ringtail cardinal .