The orbiculate cardinalfish, chubby cardinal, or polka-dot cardinalfish (''Sphaeramia orbicularis'')
is a species of
Apogonidae
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(cardinalfishes). It grows to about 10 cm 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
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, including off East Africa,
Kiribati, the
Ryukyu Islands,
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Belau, and the eastern
Caroline
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and
Mariana Islands
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''Sphaeramia orbicularis''.
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The male incubates the eggs until they hatch.
It eats mostly planktonic
crustaceans, mainly at night.
It is not a common marine aquarium fish.
References
External links
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orbicularis
Fish of Southeast Asia
Fish described in 1828
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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