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Sailfin Cardinalfish
Quinca mirifica
The Sailfin cardinalfish (Quinca mirifica) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus. It is a large, almost all black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia. They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 529462.