Clownfish, damselfish, and cardinalfish
Compressus Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus compressus
Photo: Ditch Townsend · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank150 l
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Origin
- Western Pacific
- Size
- 12 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- group
- Minimum aquarium size
- 150 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous; paternal mouthbrooding
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Known as the blue-eyed cardinalfish: brown stripes and large bluish eyes. It lives among branching corals.
