Ghost Cardinalfish
Nectamia fusca
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Kurtiformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Nectamia
Where to Find
Found in 53 diving areas across 28 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 7 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 7 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 10 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 15 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 49 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 9 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 8 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 63 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 85 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 16 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 9 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 11 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 27 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 7 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 11 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 9 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 4 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 3 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 4 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 18 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 40 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 34 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 24 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 32 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 4 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 6 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 28 records