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Tiger Cardinalfish
Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802)
A Tiger Cardinalfish at a depth of 13m, North Solitary Island, New South Wales, May 2002. View larger image.
A Tiger Cardinalfish at a depth of 10m, Mantis Reef, Wreck Bay, far northern Great Barrier Reef, November 2001. View larger image.
The Tiger Cardinalfish can be distinguished from other species of Cheilodipterus by its striped body, large teeth and lack of yellow colouration on the caudal peduncle (glossary).
It grows to 22cm in length.
The Tiger Cardinalfish occurs in tropical and some warm temperate marine waters throughout the Indo-West Pacific.
In Australia it is know from the central coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north, and south to the central New South Wales coast.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
- Kuiter, R.H. & T. Kozawa. 1999. Fishes of the Indo-West Pacific. Apogonidae. CD Version 1.0 Zoonetics.
- Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Gary Allen. Pp. 437.
- Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen & J.E. Hanley. 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol.7 Pisces Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Survey. Pp. i-xii, 1-665.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
