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Common Names
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Common Names in Albanian:
Mbreti i gjelave
Common Names in Arabic:
Samaket Damm
Common Names in Catalan:
Moll reial
Common Names in Croatian:
Matulicic
Common Names in Danish:
Middelhavskardinalfisk
Common Names in English:
Cardinal fish, Cardinalfish, Fucinata, King of the mullets, Mediterranean cardinalfish
Common Names in Finnish:
Kardinaaliahven
Common Names in Fon:
Kpindjihouédjin
Common Names in Fon GBE:
Kpindjihouédjin
Common Names in Fongbe:
Kpindjihou, Kpindjihouédjin
Common Names in French:
Apogon, Apogon Commun, Castagnole rouge, Coq, Roi des rougets
Common Names in German:
Kardinalfisch, Meerbarbenk, Meerbarbenkönig, Meerbarbenköning
Common Names in Greek:
Kardinalios, Krom, Kromídi tsiboúki, Καρδινάλιος, Κρεμμύδι, Τσιμπούκι
Common Names in Greek, Modern:
Kardinalios, Kromídi Tsiboúki, Καρδινάλιος
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Kardinalios, KromÌdi tsiboúki, Καρδινάλιος
Common Names in Italian:
'Mmuccapasticci, Castegneua russa, Cipudda russa, Guarracino Russo ´e Scoglio, Guarracino russo 'e scoglio, Monaca russa, Monacedda russa, Monacella rossa, Munacedda russa, Pisci id russi, Re di trigghia, Re di triglie, Saracenu
Common Names in Maltese:
Cawla hamra, Sultan ic-cawl
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
欧洲天竺鲷, 歐洲天竺鯛
Common Names in Polish:
Apogon
Common Names in Portuguese:
Alcarraz, Alfonsinho-da-costa, Foli, Folião
Common Names in Serbian:
Matulic
Common Names in Spanish:
Alfoncino, Salmonete real
Common Names in Turkish:
Kardinal balığı
Description
Habitat
Occasionally forms schools; sometimes solitary. Inhabits muddy or rocky bottoms and caves. May be found at depths of 10 to 200 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,282 meters (0 to -10,768 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds on small invertebrates and fishes [2].
Migration
Non-migratory.
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:
imberbis
- Scientific name: - Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
imberbis
- 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 imberbe (Linnaeus • Amia imberbis (Linnaeus • Apogon (Apogon) imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) • Apogon imberbis • Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) • Apogon rexmullorum Cuvier • Mullus imberbis • Mullus imberbis Linnaeus • Mullus imberbis Linnaeus, 1758
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 16-Apr-1996
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
- A catalogue of the fishes of Bermuda, with notes on a collection made in 1905 for the Field Museum, by Tarleton H. Bean. 7 1906 Chicago, 1906. url p. 51.
- A guide to the study of fishes, by David Starr Jordan. .. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1905. url p. 316.
- Annual report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries made to the General Assembly / State of Rhode Island. Providence: The Commissioners. url p. 173, p. 71, p. 96.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 1107, p. 76, p. 77.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 229, p. 230, p. 231.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1859. url p. 229, p. 230.
- Contributions. Providence, R. I. url p. 173.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 803.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 231, p. 309, p. 312, p. 40, p. 593, p. 669.
- Fishes, New York, H. Holt and Company, 1907. url .
- Monitore zoologico italiano. [Siena]: Instituto anatomico della R. Università di Siena, [1890-1988] url p. 199.
- Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 1106, p. 1107.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 419.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 75.
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 79, p. 80.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 7 1884 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 546.
- Publication. Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1895-1909. url p. 51.
- Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 367, p. 72, p. 880.
- Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 295.
- Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. .. 1873-76. London, 1880. url p. 9.
- Science. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 880.
- Sex and internal secretions. Contributors: A. Albert [and others] Foreword by George W. Corner. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1961. url p. 1042, p. 1076.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 13 1876 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 76, index, page 77.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 26.
- The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof: a report of the Austro-Hungarian sea-fisheries, with a detailed description of the marine fauna of the Adriatic Gulf / by G. L. Faber; with eighteen woodcut illustrations after drawings by Leo Littrow, and numerous engravings on stone. London: B. Quaritch, 1883. url p. 261, p. 279, p. 280, p. 72.
- The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 1107, p. 1108.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 12 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 December 09, 2007:
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
- Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fishes
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center, Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 120390
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23372
- Fishbase Species ID: 1693
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14169794
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168247
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102668
Footnotes
- Mean = -506.560 meters (-1,661.942 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,032.620 based on 322 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Tortonese, E. (1986). Apogonidae. p. 803-809. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2. [back]
