Species profile

Banggai cardinalfish

Pterapogon kauderni

ai-generated confidence: high

AI-generated aquarium-care values from common marine hobby consensus; expert review is recommended before launch-quality advice.

Care table

Water type	saltwater
Care level	easy to moderate
Minimum tank	30 US gal / 114 L
Minimum group size	1
Adult size	8 cm
Temperature	24-27 C
pH	8-8.4
Hardness	Not applicable or not reviewed-Not applicable or not reviewed dGH
Salinity	33-35 ppt
Temperament	peaceful to semi-aggressive
Aggression notes	Calm reef fish, but adults may fight conspecifics unless paired or housed in a suitable group.
Diet	carnivore
Swim zone	middle
Activity level	moderate
Bioload	low
Reef safe	Yes
Plant safe	Not applicable or not reviewed
Invert safe	Yes
Compatibility tags	saltwater, reef-safe, peaceful-community, captive-bred-common, mouthbrooder
Avoid with tags	tiny-ornamental-shrimp, very-aggressive-fish, multiple-cardinals-small-tank

Tank mate compatibility

Generated same-water-type pair checks for Banggai cardinalfish.

Can Banggai cardinalfish and Blue tang live together? caution
Can Banggai cardinalfish and Firefish goby live together? compatible
Can Banggai cardinalfish and Green chromis live together? compatible
Can Banggai cardinalfish and Mandarin dragonet live together? compatible
Can Banggai cardinalfish and Ocellaris clownfish live together? compatible
Can Banggai cardinalfish and Royal gramma live together? compatible
Can Banggai cardinalfish and Yellow tang live together? caution

Sources and attribution

Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.

Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.
WoRMS taxon search - Marine taxonomy verification lead only.