Banggai cardinalfish

Description

This species grows up to 8 centimetres (3 in) total length.It is easily differentiated from all other cardinalfish by its tasseled first dorsal fin,elongate anal and second dorsal fin rays,deeply forked caudal fin,and color pattern consisting of three black bars across the head and body and prominent black anterior edges on the anal and second dorsal fin.The male can be differentiated from the female by a conspicuous enlarged oral cavity,which is apparent only when they are brooding