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Rhabdamia

Rhabdamia cypselura

(Weber, 1909)

Swallowtail Cardinalfish

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: East Africa to Marshall Islands, north to Southern Japan, and south to New Guinea, and possibly Tonga.

Size: 3 inches (6 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits rocky lagoon areas and patch reefs and usually found at depths between 6 – 50 feet (2 – 15 m) where it feeds on crustaceans/zooplankton during evening hours.

General Husbandry: Has an elongated transparent whitish body. As of 2016, not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Order: Perciformes

    Suborder: Percoidei

    Family: Apogonidae

    Subfamily: Apogoninae

    Genus: Rhabdamia

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Can technically be found also listed as: Verulux cypselurus.

 Rhabdamia cypselura (Swallowtail Cardinalfish)
Photo © John Randall
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