Author: (Bleeker, 1854)
FBname: Frostfin cardinalfish
Comments: Adults form small schools in estuaries and sheltered bays with soft-bottom habitat to depths of 25 m (Ref. 48635).  Usually seen among sponges, crinoids, or <i>Diadema</i> urchins in weedy areas.  Eggs are incubated orally (Ref. 205).