[1] It is native to the tropical eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans.

[2] This fish can be found in crevices and underwater caves, and it occurs at depths of 3 to 104 m. It grows to a standard length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).

[2] This species was discovered when "an unusual cardinalfish was taken in a trawl off of Hawaii" around 1969.

[3] The name of the genus honors the American ichthyologist Ernest A. Lachner (1915–1996), who was curator emeritus at the United States National Museum in recognition of his contributions to the systematics of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfishes.

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