Yellowstriped Cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Apogoniformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Ostorhinchus
- Species
- Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
The yellowstriped cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus cyanosoma) is a small silvery-blue cardinalfish with orange-yellow stripes.
It gathers in small groups among coral and urchins by day and feeds on plankton at night.
In the Philippines it is common on sheltered reefs.