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title: "Fiveline Cardinalfish"
description: "Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus — Pesci. The five-lined cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus) is a species of marine fish in the family Apogonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/fiveline-cardinalfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fiveline Cardinalfish

> Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus — Pesci. The five-lined cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus) is a species of marine fish in the family Apogonidae.

- Scientific name: *Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1647
- Wikidata: [Q2472858](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2472858)
- iNaturalist taxon: [194784](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194784)

## Names

- en: Fiveline Cardinalfish
- de: Fünflinien-Kardinalbarsch
- fr: Apogon à cinq lignes
- nl: Vijflijnenkardinaalbaars

## Countries with the most observations

AU (68), PH (59), EG (58), ID (42), MV (40), NC (37), TH (32), KE (16), PF (16), FJ (15), TZ (15), GU (12)

## Summary

The five-lined cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus) is a species of marine fish in the family Apogonidae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, Red Sea included.  It can reach a maximum size of 13 cm (5.1 in) in length.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-lined_cardinalfish

## Photo

![Fiveline Cardinalfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fiveline-cardinalfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197662590

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fiveline-cardinalfish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).