Apogonid is a synonym of cardinalfish.
As nouns the difference between cardinalfish and apogonid
is that
cardinalfish is any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes while
apogonid is any large-headed, marine, percoid fish with an oblong and compressed body pertaining to the family
Apogonidae
apogonid
English
Noun
(
en noun)
any large-headed, marine, percoid fish with an oblong and compressed body pertaining to the family
Synonyms
* cardinalfish