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The Tiger Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus macrodon) is one of the largest members of the ‘Cardinalfishes’ family Apogonidae and is known to occur in the warm tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region. It is known to occur from the Red Sea to Pitcairn Island east of French Polynesia, north to south-west Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe Island. The body is red-silver in colour with 8 red-brown stripes running vertically along the body. It has a whitish tail base with a dark to dusky bar and large prominent pointed teeth. It is a solitary species and can be found living in caves and under ledges and the males brood the eggs within its mouth. It can be found occurring on coral reefs and lagoons down to depths of 40 metres. The Tiger Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus macrodon) grows to a maximum length of approximately 20cm.
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