Broadstripe Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe 1911)
Other Names: Broadstriped Cardinalfish, Narrow-striped Cardinalfish, Striped Cardinalfish
A Broadstripe Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus angustatus, in Lighthouse Bay, North West Cape, Western Australia, April 2022. Source: Alex Hoschke / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A cardinalfish with five poorly defined dark brown stripes (stripes with a fuzzy border) along the side, the rear end of the midlateral stripe ending in an almost pupil-sized black spot on the tail base, and pale red to pinkish fins.
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Bray, D.J. 2025, Ostorhinchus angustatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Jun 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4464
Broadstripe Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe 1911)
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Distribution |
Hillarys, north to offshore reefs of north Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef and Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea, to the Great Barrier Reef, reefs in the Coral Sea, Queensland, south to Sydney Harbour, New South Wales; also Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean, and possibly the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific: eastern Africa and Madagascar east to the Line and Pitcairn islands, north to southwestern Japan and south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Individuals or small groups inhabit reef crests, reef slopes and deep drop-offs on clear seaward reefs. Shelters in holes and beneath ledges during the day. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XII; I, 9; Anal fin II, 8; Pectoral fin 14; Pelvic fin I, 5; Lateral line scales (pored) 24; Predorsal scales 4; Circumpeduncular scales 12; Gill rakers (total) 19, developed 14. Greatest body depth 2.7-3.2 in SL |
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Feeding |
Feeds at night on small benthic invertebrates including polychaete worms. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin angustatus (= narrowed), possibly in reference to the narrower body stripes compared with those of Amia robusta (a junior synonym of Ostorhinchus cookii) |
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Species Citation |
Amia angustata Smith & Radcliffe, in Radcliffe 1911, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41(1853): 253. Type locality: Philippine Islands. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Broadstripe Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe 1911)
References
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Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.
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Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1911. Notes on some fishes of the genus Amia, family of Cheilodipteridae, with descriptions of four new species from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41(1853): 245-261 figs 1-3 pls 20-25 See ref at BHL
