#2208 · 🐟 fish
Mediterranean Cardinalfish
🇳🇱 Rode kardinaalbaars ·Apogon imberbis
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what is it?
Apogon imberbis , commonly known as cardinalfish , Mediterranean cardinalfish or king of the mullets , is a species in the family of Apogonidae (cardinalfishes). It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean and along the warm temperate and tropical eastern Atlantic coasts from Portugal south to the Gulf of Guinea.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,278 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mediterranean Cardinalfish
- Nederlands
- Rode kardinaalbaars
- scientific name
- Apogon imberbis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Gobiiformes
- family
- Apogonidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,753
- sightings worldwide
- 3,278
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118514, Wikidata Q1402505, GBIF 5211775, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.