Title: Saltwater/Marine Fishes
Species #: 2
Common Name: Bigeye Cardinal fish Scientific Name: Nectamia bandanensis Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epigonidae
Geography / Habitat: Western and Eastern Indian Ocean, Northwest, Western Central and Eastern Central Pacific ocean on outer coral reef slopes. Life Strategy: Egg layers, with eggs clumping together in clusters, secured by parents to rocks or coral. Food / Feed Strategy: They eat small fishes, zoobenthos, benth crustaceans and mobile invertebrates.
Body Form or Style: Compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Carangiform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: Search FishBase. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.fishbase.org/search.php>. Name, Common. "Marine Fish Species." AC Tropical Fish & Aquarium. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/marinefish/>.