SPC Live Reef Rish Information Bulletin #18 - November 2008

The Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) (BCF) is a popular marine aquarium fish that has been collected in the Banggai Islands of Indonesia for at least the last 15 years, according to fish collectors there. This account attempts to identify some of the issues surrounding the conservation and trade in this species, and the area in which it is found. It also proposes a number of suggestions for actions, without which the management of this species and its wild habitats is likely to fail.