Apogon fleurieu

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Family : Cardinalfishes ; Common in shallow coastal reefs with moderate currents [1]. Also in tidal channels of estuaries (Ref. 48636). Adults usually in small schools comprising pairs[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,845 meters (0 to -9,334 feet).[2]

Ecology: This cryptic species is found in the crevices of shallow coral reefs with moderate currents at a depth range pf 1-30 m. The adults usually form small schools, and demonstrate distinct pairing during courtship and spawning. This species is a mouthbrooder.[3].

List of Habitats :

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.8     Marine Neritic - Coral Reef   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Apogon annularis R�ppell • Apogon annularis roseipinnis (Non Cuvier) • Apogon aureus (Lacepède • Apogon fleurieu • Apogon sp. • Apogon sp. Not Applicable • Centropomus aureus (Non Lacepède • Ostorhinchus fleurieu • Ostorhinchus fleurieu Lacepède • Ostorhynchus fleurieu • Ostorhynchus fleurieu Lacepède

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Year from Eschmeyer, pers. comm.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 23-Aug-1994

This species is often confused with Ostorhinchus aureus (R. Fricke pers. comm. 2008).[3].

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

• Allen, G.R. (1998). A new species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from the Komodo Islands, Indonesia. Rev. fr. Aquariol. 25(1-2):27-30.
• Allen, G.R. and Adrim, M. 2003. Coral reef fishes of Indonesia. Zoological Studies 42(1): 1-72.
• Carpenter, K.E., Krupp, F., Jones, D.A. and Zajonz, U. 1997. Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO, Rome, Italy.
• Day, F. 1875. The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Volume 1.: William Dawson & Sons Ltd., London. Part 1:1-168.
• Froese, R. and Pauly, D. 2006. FishBase. Available at: www.fishbase.org.
• Gon, O. and Randall, J.E. 2003. A review of the cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Red Sea. Smithiana Bulletin 1: 1-47.
• Huang, Z. 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA.
• IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).
• Kailola, P.J. (1987). The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea.
• Kailola, P.J. 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41. Research Section, Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
• Kimrua, T., Dai, C.F., Pae, S., Hui, H., Put, O., Ang, P.O., Je, J.G. and Choi Choyce, L.S. 2004. Status of coral reefs in east and north Asia: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. In: C. Wilkinson (ed.), Status of coral reefs of the world: 2004, pp. 277-302. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
• Klunzinger, C.B. 1870. Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. Part I. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellchaft in Wien 20: 669-834.
• Kotb, M., Abdulaziz, M., Al-Agwan, Z., Alshaikh, K., Al-Yami, H., Banajah, A., Devantier, L., Eisinger, M., Eltayeb, M., Hassan, M., Heiss, G., Howe, S., Kemp, J., Klaus, R., Krupp, F., Mohamed, N., Rouphael, T., Turner, T. and Zajonz, U. 2004. Status of coral reefs in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in 2004. In: C. Wilkinson (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004, pp. 137-154. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
• Kuiter, R.H. and Tonozuka, T. 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Zoonetics, Australia.
• Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Plassan, Paris. 3:558 p.
• Leung, A.W.Y. 1994. The fish fauna of Lobster Bay, Cape D'Aguilar, Hong Kong. University of Hong Kong.
• Ni, I-H and K-Y Kwok (1999). Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zool. Stud. 38(2):130-152.
• Ni, I.H. and Kwok, K.Y. 1999. Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zoological Studies 38(2): 130-152.
• Rajasuriya, A., Zahir, H., Venkataraman, K., Islam, Z. and Tamelander, J. 2004. Status of coral reefs in south Asia: Bangladesh, Chagos, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka. In: C. Wilkinson (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004, pp. 213-234. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
• Randall, J.E. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
• Randall, J.E. (1997). Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10, 000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished.
• Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Randall, J.E., Fraser, T.H. and Lachner, E.A. 1990. On the validity of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfishes Apogon aureus (Lacepède) and A. fleurieu (Lacepède), with description of a related new species from the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(1): 39-62.
• Randall, J.E., T.H. Fraser and E.A. Lachner (1990). On the validity of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfishes Apogon aureus (Lacepède) and A. fleurieu (Lacepède), with description of a related new species from the Red Sea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash
• Rezai, H., Wilson, S., Claereboudt, M. and Riegl, B. 2004. Coral reef status in the Ropme Sea Area: Arabian/Persian Gulf, Gulf Of Oman and Arabian Sea. In: C. Wilkinson (ed.), Status of coral reefs of the world: 2004, pp. 155-170. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
• Shen, S.C. (ed.) (1993). Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei. 960 p.
• Shen, S.C. 1993. Fishes of Taiwan. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.
• Smith, A. and Dalzell, P. 1991. Fisheries resources and management investigations in Woleai Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. Technical document (Inshore Fisheries Research Project (South Pacific Commission) no. 4. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia.
• Smith, A. and P. Dalzell (1993). Fisheries resources and management investigations in Woleai Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. Inshore Fish. Res. Proj., Tech. Doc., South Pacific Commission. Noumea, New Caledonia. 64 p.
• Smith, J.L.B. 1969. Fishes of Inhaca. In: W. Macnae and M. Kalk (eds), A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Vol.1, pp. 131-136. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Fricke, R. & Gon, O. 2010. Apogon fleurieu. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• 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 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• 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
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6525455
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25348
• Fishbase Species ID: 4838
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14169794
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168262
• IUCN ID: 192125
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102647

Footnotes

1. Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidar - Callionymidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 304-622 p. [back]
2. Mean = -516.240 meters (-1,693.701 feet), Standard Deviation = 759.270 based on 34 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. Fricke, R. & Gon, O. 2010. Apogon fleurieu. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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