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Created 4/19/2020

Family Apogonidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Nectamia luxuria

Vava'u, Tonga, 15 feet

MULTI-BARRED CARDINALFISH

Inhabits branching coral along dropoffs.  Yellow soft dorsal, anal, and caudal leading edges.  Attains 3 inches.  Maldives to Micronesia and French Polynesia, excluding Hawaii.