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Ostorhinchus sinus Recess Cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus sinus is commonly referred to as Recess Cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii

Foto: Marquesas-Inseln, Französisch-Polynesien

/ 26.04.1971 / 8.1 SL, 10.7TL
Courtesy of the author Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii . Please visit hbs.bishopmuseum.org for more information.

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lexID:
17783 
AphiaID:
0 
Scientific:
Ostorhinchus sinus 
German:
Kardinalbarsch 
English:
Recess Cardinalfish 
Category:
Kardinalaborrar 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Kurtiformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Ostorhinchus (Genus) > sinus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Randall, ), 2001 
Occurrence:
French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 2 Meter 
Habitats:
Bays, Coral reefs, Rocky reefs, Shallow reefs, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
3.15" - 3.94" (8,5cm - 10cm) 
Temperature:
60.8 °F - 84.2 °F (16°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-10 16:32:29 

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Ostorhinchus sinus is a bass gray-brown cardinalfish with seven horizontal dark stripes, five of which reach the base of the tail fin.

The specimens collected by Dr. Randall were caught in very shallow water (one of them in a tidal pool) at the tip of deep bays.

There are very few photos of this cardinalfish showing live fish. Two specimens, presumably a pair, can be seen on page 9 of the article “Delrieu-Trottin et al. Shore fishes of the Marquesas Islands, an updated checklist,” photographer: Yann Hubert

Synonym: Apogon sinus Randall, 2001 · unaccepted

External links

  1. Cardnalfishes of the World vom Rudie H. Kuier als Download (en). Abgerufen am 07.10.2025.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.10.2025.
  3. Four New Cardinalfishes (Percifonnes: Apogonidae) from the Marquesas Islands, Erstbeschreibung Seite 58 -61 (en). Abgerufen am 07.10.2025.
  4. Shore fishes of the Marquesas Islands, an updated checklist with new records and new percentage of endemic species (en). Abgerufen am 07.10.2025.

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Foto: Marquesas-Inseln, Französisch-Polynesien

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