Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1e2e15df-500a-4b43-805c-bf3683521ba8

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

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WMS

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Ostorhinchus compressus
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
Rights: BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario

Description

The Ochre-striped Cardinalfish can be recognised by its blue eyes and by its colour pattern. This species usually has 3-4 dark spots on the base of the tail fin and six red-brown stripes on the side of the body, the one behind the eye splits into two branches. The fish in the image do not show the typical colour pattern for this species.... source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Video Page Url, Images
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author
Wikipedia: Habitat, Reference

Species Lists

RLS profile v3: Frequency: 7.098; Range: 352.603; Abundance: 23; Threats: No major threats to this species are known; Depth: (0–10 m); Common_Name: Blue-eye cardinalfish;Blue-Eye cardinalfish; split-banded cardinalfish; Invasive: Not known to be invasive; Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Malaysia to the Solomon Islands and the Ryukyu Islands to the great Barrier Reef.; Max_size: 120 mm; IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern; Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade; Diet: Invertebrates

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Ostorhinchus compressus	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Amia compressa Smith & Radcliffe, 1911	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1911. Notes on some fishes of the genus Amia, family of Cheilodipteridae, with descriptions of four new species from the Philippine Islands. Proc. U.S. Natl Mus. Vol. 41 (1853) pp. 245-261 figs 1-3 pls 20-25
Apogon compressus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)	Australian Faunal Directory
Apogon compressus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Bathurst : Crawford House Press pp. 507 pp. figs
Apogon compressus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)	Australian Faunal Directory

Common Names

Common name	Source
Blue-eye Cardinalfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Blue-eyed Cardinalfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Ochre-striped Cardinalfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Split-banded Cardinalfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Blue-eyed Cardinal Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Ostorhinchus compressus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)

Blue-eye Cardinalfish