What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Blackstripe Cardinalfish been recorded?

Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus occurrence evidence comes from 636 records in 29 countries and territories, from 1908 to 2026. Most records come from Fiji.

PerciformesApogonidaeOstorhinchus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

636 records across 29 countries and territories, 1908–2026.

Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus · GBIF taxon key 7193013

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19082026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Blackstripe Cardinalfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Blackstripe Cardinalfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Fiji 191
Philippines 96
French Polynesia 78
Papua New Guinea 33
Solomon Islands 32
Australia 29
Micronesia 26
Tonga 26
Vanuatu 25
Indonesia 21
Marshall Islands 16
Palau 14
New Caledonia 9
Northern Mariana Islands 6
Saudi Arabia 5
Maldives 4
Djibouti 3
Egypt 3
Eritrea 3
Taiwan 3
Guam 2
Japan 2
Comoros 2
Seychelles 2
American Samoa 1
Madagascar 1
Myanmar 1
Wallis & Futuna 1
Yemen 1

Related animals

Others in the family Apogonidae.

Norfolk cardinalfish
46 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.