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Pajama Cardinalfish
Sphaeramia nematoptera
Family: Apogonidae
📍 Indo-Pacific — Indonesia to Fiji
Unmistakable with its yellow head, dark mid-band and polka-dotted orange rear — like a fish in pyjamas. Nocturnal schooler that hovers in groups near branching corals. Very peaceful and reef-safe.
Keeping this species
- pH
- 8.1–8.4
- diet
- carnivore — mysis, copepods
- maxSize
- 3 inches
- minTankSize
- 20 gallons
- temperature
- 73–82°F (23–28°C)
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Temperature
73–82°F
23–28°C
Natural Habitat Temperature
81°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, May high)