Author: (Cantor, 1849)
FBname: Orangelined cardinalfish
Remark: <i>Apogon sansibaricus</i> Pfeffer, 1893 is considered a valid species as <i>Taeniamia sansibaricus</i> in Ref. 96888.
Comments: Inhabits continental and insular shelves; on coral and rocky reefs in sheltered bays and lagoon, patch reefs, with muddy, sandy and silty bottoms or coral rubble, and mangroves (Ref. 54391); typically forming dense aggregations at the entrance of caves (Ref. 1602, 48635) and among branching corals (Ref. 2334).  Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300).