Overview
Family : Cardinalfishes ; Occurs in clear water lagoon patch reefs and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of 45 m. Generally found singly in crevices. Feeds at night on small benthic and free-swimming crustaceans.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Stekelkop-kardinaal
Common Names in Bikol:
Bagsang, Parangan
Common Names in Creole, French:
Marie Jeanne
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Marie Jeanne
Common Names in English:
Iridescent cardinalfish, Kallopterus Cardinalfish, Snyder's cardinal, Spiny-Head Cardinal, Spinyhead cardinal, spinyhead cardinalfish
Common Names in French:
Apogon Iris, Cardinal , Cardinal à dorsale jaune
Common Names in Hawaiian:
'upalalu, 'upapalu
Common Names in Ilokano:
Marnaong
Common Names in Japanese:
Kasuri-ishimochi
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
丽鳍天竺鲷, 大目侧仔, 大目側仔, 大面侧仔, 大面側仔, 斯氏天竺鯛, 斯氏天竺鲷, 棘头天竺鲷, 棘頭天竺鯛, 麗鰭天竺鯛
Common Names in Niuean:
Ulamula
Common Names in Samoan:
Fo-aialo
Common Names in Tagalog:
Dangat, Suga
Common Names in Tahitian:
Upaparu
Common Names in Visayan:
Moong
Description
Habitat
May be found at depths of 3 to 158 meters.
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 802 meters (0 to 2,631 feet).[1]
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:
kallopterus
- Bleeker
- Scientific name: - Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856
- Specific name:
kallopterus
- Bleeker
- 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
Apogon fraenatus Valenciennes • Apogon fraenatus yaeyamaensis Aoyagi • Apogon frenatus (Non Valenciennes • Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856 • Apogon snyderi Jordan & Evermann • Pristiapogon snyderi (Jordan & Evermann
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Bleeker, P. Reis Minahassa 1: 278, 1856.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 17-Jan-1997
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
- An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url p. 136, p. 29.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 241.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 216.
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 13.
- Pacific Plate biogeography, with special reference to shorefishes / Victor G. Springer. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982. url p. 14.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 1166.
- Report on the marine fishes collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the Indian Ocean / by C. Tate Regan. London: Printed for the Linnean Society by Taylor and Francis, sold at the Society's Apartments, and by Longman's, Green and Co., 1908. url p. 225.
- The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 73.
Notes
Contributors
- Allen, Gerald R. (from FishBase).
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- 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 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
- 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 04, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- 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
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- 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: 120394
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31520
- Fishbase Species ID: 5758
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14169794
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168222
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102673
Footnotes
- Mean = -1,614.690 meters (-5,297.539 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,572.000 based on 719 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
