About Zoramia leptacantha (Bleeker, 1856)
Zoramia leptacantha, commonly called the threadfin cardinalfish, has a translucent body. It features bright blue and orange bars on the back of its head and the front of its body, along with a whitish line running along its back. This species can grow up to 6 centimeters in total length. It is found in the Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea, and the western Pacific Ocean. Its range extends west to East Africa and the Seychelles, east to the Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, and south to Australia, Micronesia and New Caledonia. It lives in sheltered bays (sometimes in turbid areas) and reef lagoons, and forms dense schools, often alongside other species of cardinalfish.
