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Orbicular Cardinalfish
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Orbicular Cardinalfish

Sphaeramia orbicularis

Sphaeramia orbicularis (the orbiculate cardinalfish, chubby cardinal or polka-dot cardinalfish) is a species of cardinalfish. It grows to about 10 centimeters total length, and has a thin, dark vertical 'waistband' with scattered dark spots toward the tail. It is found in coastal areas throughout much of the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, Kiribati, the Ryukyu Islands, New Caledonia, Belau, and the eastern Caroline and Mariana Islands.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 320624.