Overview
Family : Cardinalfishes ; Found close to ledges of rocky areas or coral reefs during the day[1]. Subtidal zone to depths of about 10 m [2]. Nocturnal species[3].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Swartband-kardinaal
Common Names in English:
Blackbanded cardinal, blackbanded cardinalfish, Cook's cardinalfish, Cook's soldierfish, Multilined cardinalfish
Common Names in Japanese:
Suji-ishimochi
Common Names in Korean:
다섯줄얼게비늘
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
大目侧仔, 大目側仔, 大面侧仔, 大面側仔, 库氏天竺鲷, 庫氏天竺鯛, 粗体天竺鲷, 粗體天竺鯛
Description
Habitat
May be found at depths of 1 to 8 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,742 meters (0 to -15,558 feet).[4]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Percoidei
()
-
- Family:
Apogonidae
()
- Genus:
Apogon
()
- Lacepède, 1802
- Specific name:
cookii
- Macleay, 1881
- Scientific name: - Apogon cookii Macleay, 1881
- Specific name:
cookii
- Macleay, 1881
- Genus:
Apogon
(
- Family:
Apogonidae
(
- Suborder:
Percoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Amia robusta Smith & Radcliffe • Apogon melanotaenia Regan • Apogon novemfasciatus Cuvier • Apogon robusta (Smith & Radcliffe • Apogon robustus (Smith & Radcliffe • Ostorhynchus endekataenia (Non Bleeker
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 26-Aug-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Apogon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 174 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. affinis (Longtooth Cardinalfish) · A. albimaculosus (Cream-Spotted Cardinalfish) · A. alutus (Pensacola Cardinalfish) · A. amboinensis (Amboina Cardinalfish) · A. americanus (Brazilian Flamefish) · A. angustatus (Narrow-Striped Cardinalfish) · A. anisolepis (Oddscale Cardinalfish) · A. annularis (Ringtail Cardinalfish) · A. apogon (Verticalstriped Cardinalfish) · A. apogonides (Short-Toothed Cardinalfish) · A. apogonoides (Diamond Cardinal) · A. aprion (Mouth Almighty) · A. argyrogaster (Brown-Spotted Cardinalfish) · A. atradorsatus (Blacktip Cardinalfish (FB)) · A. atricaudus (Plain Cardinalfish (FB)) · A. atripes (Blackfinned Cardinalfish) · A. atrogaster (Blackbelly Cardinalfish) · A. aureus (Golden Cardinalfish) · A. auritus (Crosseyed Cardinalfish) · A. aurolineatus (Bridle Cardinalfish) · A. axillaris (Axillary-Spot Cardinalfish) · A. bandanensis (Three-Saddle Cardinalfish) · A. beauforti (Beaufort's Mouth Almighty) · A. binotatus (Two-Spotted Cardinalfish) · A. brachygramma (Many-Banded Cardinal-Fish) · A. brevicaudata (Many-Banded Cardinal-Fish) · A. bryx (Offshore Cardinalfish) · A. buruensis (Buru Cardinalfish) · A. campbelli (Gentle Cardinalfish) · A. capricornis (Capricorn Cardinalfish) · A. carinatus (Ocellated Cardinalfish) · A. caudicinctus (Little Tailband Cardinalfish) · A. cavitensis (Cavite Cardinalfish) · A. ceramensis (Ceram Cardinalfish) · A. chrysopomus (Cheek-Spot Cardinalfish) · A. chrysotaenia (High-Fin Cardinalfish) · A. cladophilos (Shelter Cardinalfish) · A. coccineus (Cryptic Cardinalfish) · A. compressus (Ochre-Striped Cardinalfish) · A. cookii (Blackbanded Cardinalfish) · A. crassiceps (Transparent Cardinalfish) · A. cyanosoma (Bluespot Cardinalfish) · A. darnleyensis (Doederlein's Cardinalfish) · A. deetsie (Deetsie´s Cardinalfish) · A. dhofar (Dhofar Cardinalfish) · A. dispar (White-Spot Cardinalfish) · A. doederleini (Doederlein´s Cardinalfish) · A. doryssa (Sabre-Spined Cardinal-Fish) · A. dovii (Tailspot Cardinalfish (FB)) · A. edekataenia (Elevenbanded Cardinalfish) · A. ellioti (Elliot´s Cardinalfish) · A. endekataenia (Candystripe Cardinalfish) · A. erythrinus (Hawaiian Ruby Cardinalfish) · A. evermanni (Evermann´s Cardinalfish) · A. exostigma (Narrowstripe Cardinalfish) · A. fasciatus (Barred Striped Cardinalfish) · A. flagelliferus (Coachwhip Cardinal) · A. flavus (Brassy Cardinalfish) · A. fleurieu (Bandtail Cardinalfish) · A. fraenatus (Singlestripe Cardinalfish) · A. fragilis (Fragile Cardinalfish) · A. franssedai (Frans´ Cardinalfish) · A. fucatus (Gjellerup's Mouth Almighty) · A. fuscomaculatus (Brown-Spotted Cardinalfish) · A. fuscus (Samoan Cardinalfish) · A. gilberti (Gilbert's Cardinalfish) · A. gouldi (Deepwater Cardinalfish) · A. guadalupensis (Guadalupe Cardinalfish (FB)) · A. guamensis (Three-Saddled Cardinalfish) · A. hartzfeldii (Hartzfeld´s Cardinalfish) · A. heptastigma (Ninespot Cardinalfish) · A. heptastygma (Ninespot Cardinalfish) · A. hoevenii (Frostfin Cardinalfish) · A. holotaenia (Copperstriped Cardinalfish) · A. hyalosoma (Humpbacked Cardinalfish) · A. imberbis (Mediterranean Cardinalfish) · A. jenkinsi (False Ear-Spot Cardinalfish) · A. kallopterus (Kallopterus Cardinalfish) · A. kiensis (Broad-Banded Cardinalfish) · A. komodoensis (Komodo Cardinalfish) · A. lachneri (Whitestar Cardinalfish) · A. lateralis (Robbermask Cardinalfish) · A. leptacanthus (Long-Spine Cardinalfish) · A. leptocaulus (Slendertail Cardinalfish) · A. limenus (Four-Banded Soldierfish) · A. lineatus (Verticalstriped Cardinalfish) · A. lineolatus (Bronze-Streaked Cardinalfish) · A. luteus (Yellow Cardinalfish) · A. maculatus (Saddletailed Cardinalfish) · A. maculiferus (Spotted Cardinalfish) · A. margaritophorus (Red-Striped Cardinalfish) · A. maximus (Titan Cardinalfish) · A. melanoproctus (Blackvent Cardinalfish) · A. melanopus (Spindle-Egg Cardinalfish) · A. melanotaenia (Blackbanded Cardinalfish) · A. melas (Blackspot Cardinalfish) · A. menesemus (Yellow-Eye Cardinalfish) · A. moluccensis (Yellow-Eye Cardinalfish) · A. monochrous (Yellow-Eye Cardinalfish) · A. monospilus (Moluccan Cardinalfish)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 52.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 110, p. 115, p. 116, p. 117, p. 6, p. 8.
- The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. [By David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale]. .. 1906 Washington, Government print off., 1906. url p. 245.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Heemstra, Phillip C. (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 120359
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-33264
- Fishbase Species ID: 9240
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14169794
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 642052
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102625
Footnotes
- Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls. [back]
- Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 302 p. [back]
- Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley (1989). Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. [back]
- Mean = -1,081.380 meters (-3,547.835 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,171.520 based on 206 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
