A Field Guide to Common Marine Fishes of Singapore
Contents

Fish index (by name)
Fish families (by picture)
Glossary
Parts of a fish
Kelvin K P Lim and Jeffrey K Y Low
 
orbicular cardinalfish (sphaeramia orbicularis): whole fish, side view
about 8 cm, total length
Pulau Hantu
photo: Kelvin K P Lim
Orbicular Cardinalfish
Sphaeramia orbicularis (Cuvier)
Apogonidae


Body rounded, greyish with a dark brown bar down the middle of the side, dark round spots on back half of body. In groups on reefs, sometimes in estuaries. To over 11 cm. Popular aquarium fish.
Introduction
Coastal Marine Habitats
Fishy Trivia
Dangerous Fishes
Fishes and Man
About the guidebook
 
From A Guide to Common Marine Fishes of Singapore by Kelvin K P Lim and Jeffrey K Y Low
Published by the Singapore Science Centre and sponsored by BP

©Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research and Singapore Science Centre