Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes), subfamily: Apogoninae |
10 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 - 25 m |
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Inhaca Island (Ref. 4329) and east to the Line and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and Rapa. |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Body is coppery or silvery with a dark saddle on the upper half of the caudal peduncle; wedge shaped bar below eye (Ref. 2334, 48635). Greatest depth of body 2.2-2.5 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
Found in protected coastal and seaward reef slopes in oceanic locations, to 15 m depth; secretive and rarely seen during daytime (Ref. 48635). Feeds on ostracods, amphipods, shrimps, and polychaetes (Ref. 37816). |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 05 February 2021 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Recorded from Raja Ampat Islands, Bali, Maumere Bay, Manado and vicinity, Pulau Seribu, Sangalakki Island and Togean and Banggai Islands; with an Indonesian distribution from Papua to Sumatra (Ref. 47567). Also Ref. 48635. |
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