Five-lined Cardinalfish

Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Apogoniformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Cheilodipterus
Species: Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus

The five-lined cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus) is a silvery cardinalfish with five dark stripes and a yellow tail base with a black spot.

It shelters by day among coral or urchin spines and hunts small fish and crustaceans at night. The male broods the eggs in its mouth.

In the Philippines it is common on reefs and around coral heads.