The bigtooth cardinalfish (Apogon affinis) is a species of marine fish in the Apogonidae

Apogonidae

Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water...

 family. It is found around the Central Atlantic

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

. It is pale orange in colour.

Range

The bigtooth cardinalfish lives in the Western Central Atlantic. Specifically it is found in southern Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, USA and from the Bahamas to Venezuela

Venezuela

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. It has been sighted as far as Suriname

Suriname

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. This species also is found in the Eastern Central Atlantic and the Gulf of Guinea

Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf....

 and has been reported as far as Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

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Habitat

Apogon affinis is found in coral reefs at a depth range 20 - 300 m.
It prefers exposed deep reefs and rocky outcroppings.