The blacktip cardinalfish (''Apogon atradorsatus'') is a reef fish in the
South Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
. They inhabit rocky reefs at depths from 3–45 m. They stay under ledge overhangs and other shaded areas on rocky reefs and slopes during the day and feeds in the open at night.
Distribution
The blacktip cardinalfish is found in
Galapagos,
Cocos and
Malpelo Islands
References
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Galápagos Islands coastal fauna
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Taxa named by Edmund Heller
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