Apogon kallopterus

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

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.

Common Names

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Description

Family Apogonidae

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Chiefly marine . Some in brackish water; some (e.g. Glossamia) in streams (tropical Pacific Islands). Dorsal fins separate. First dorsal fin with 6-8 spines; 8-14 soft rays in the second. Spines in anal fin 2; soft rays 8-18. Scales usually ctenoid; several groups with cycloid scales (absent in Gymnapogon). Branchiostegal rays 7. Vertebrae 24 or 25 (10 + 14 or 15). Males are mouthbrooders. Most species nocturnal , feeding on zooplankton and small benthic invertebrates . Maximum length 20 cm; most species below 10 cm. They do generally well in aquariums .The family Apogonidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 22 genera and 207 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are bearers. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 46° n to 40° s and 120° w to 154° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, a = without + Greek, pogon, barbed

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]

Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Reef-associated .

Taxonomy

Ambiguous Synonyms

1. Apogon fraenatus Valenciennes, 1832
2. Apogon frenatus (Non Valenciennes, 1832)

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Apogon fraenatus yaeyamaensis Aoyagi, 1943
2. Apogon snyderi Jordan & Evermann, 1903
3. Pristiapogon snyderi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Apogon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 366 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. relativus · A. relativus · A. nigripinnis · A. abo · A. abrogramma · A. affinis (Longtooth Cardinalfish) · A. albimaculosus (Cream-Spotted Cardinalfish) · A. albomarginata · A. albomarginatus · A. alutus · A. amblyuropterus · A. amboinensis (Amboina Cardinalfish) · A. americanum · A. americanus (Brazilian Flamefish) · A. andhrae · A. angustata · A. angustatus (Narrow-Striped Cardinalfish) · A. anisolepis · A. annularis (Ringtail Cardinalfish) · A. apogon (Verticalstriped Cardinalfish) · A. apogonides · A. apogonoides (Shorttooth Cardinalfish) · A. aprion · A. arafurae · A. argenteus · A. argyrogaster · A. armatus · A. aroubiensis · A. asaedae · A. aterrimus · A. atradorsatus (Blacktip Cardinalfish) · A. atricaudus (Plain Cardinalfish) · A. atripes (Blackfinned Cardinalfish) · A. atrogaster · A. aureus (Ring-Tailed Cardinalfish) · A. auritus · A. aurolineatus (Bridle Cardinalfish) · A. australis · A. axillaris (Axillary-Spot Cardinalfish) · A. balinensis · A. bandanensis (Three-Saddle Cardinalfish) · A. bandanensis complex · A. beauforti · A. bifasciatus · A. binotatus (Two-Spotted Cardinalfish) · A. blanchardi · A. bleekeri · A. brachygramma · A. brasilianus · A. brevicaudata (Many-Banded Cardinal-Fish) · A. brevispinis · A. bryx · A. buruensis · A. campbelli · A. cantoris · A. capricornis · A. carinatus (Ocellated Cardinalfish) · A. catalai · A. cathetogramma · A. caudicinctus (Little Tailband Cardinalfish) · A. caudicinctus smith · A. caudifasciatus · A. cavitensis (Cavite Cardinalfish) · A. ceramensis (Ceram Cardinalfish) · A. ceylonicus · A. chalcius · A. cheni · A. chrysopomus (Spotted-Gill Cardinalfish) · A. chrysosoma · A. chrysotaenia (Many-Lined Cardinalfish) · A. cladophilos · A. coccineus (Cryptic Cardinalfish) · A. compressus (Ochre-Striped Cardinalfish) · A. conklini · A. conspersus · A. cooki · A. cookii (Blackbanded Cardinalfish) · A. crassiceps (Transparent Cardinalfish) · A. cupreus · A. cyanosoma (Yellow-Striped Cardinalfish) · A. cyanotaenia · A. cynosoma · A. dammermani · A. darnleyensis · A. deetsie (Deetsie´s Cardinalfish) · A. dhofar (Dhofar Cardinalfish) · A. dianthus · A. diencaea · A. dispar (White-Spot Cardinalfish) · A. disper · A. diversus · A. doederleini (Doederlein´s Cardinalfish) · A. doederlini · A. doederliui · A. doryssa (Longspine Cardinalfish) · A. dovii (Tailspot Cardinalfish) · A. duops · A. edekataenia · A. ellioti (Elliot´s Cardinalfish) · A. elliotti

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Further Reading

• Allen, G.R. (1993). Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of three new species. Revue Fr. Aquariol. 20(1):9-20.
• Allen, G.R. and R.C. Steene (1988). Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island Natural History Association, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 6798, Australia. 197 p.
• Allen, G.R. and W.F. Smith-Vaniz (1994). Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 412:21 p.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert G [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Shwa 13 [1938]. ENG url p. 241.
• Dalzell, P., S.R. Lindsay and H. Patiale. (1991). Fisheries resources survey of the Island of Niue. Tech. Doc. Inshore Fish. Res. Proj. S. Pac. Comm 3. A report prepared in conjunction with the South Pacific Commission Inshore Fisheries Research Proje
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 216.
• Francis, M. P. (1993). Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, Southwest Pacific Ocean. Pac. Sci. 47(2):136-170.
• Francis, M.P. (1991). Additions to the fish faunas of Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands, Southwest Pacific Ocean. Pac. Sci. 45(2):204-220.
• Fricke, R. (1999). Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (R�union, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31: 759 p.
• Gon, O. (1986). Apogonidae. p. 546-561. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
• Hureau, J.-C. (1991). La base de donn�es GICIM: Gestion informatis�e des collections ichthyologiques du Mus�um. p. 225-227. In Atlas Preliminaire des Poissons d'Eaux Douce de France. Conseil Sup�rieur de la P�che, Minist�re de l'Environment, CEMAGREF
• Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah (2002). Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India.775 p.
• Kuiter, R. H. (1992). Tropical reef-fishes of the western Pacific Indonesia and adjacent waters. Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta. 314 p.
• Kulbicki, M., J.E. Randall and J. Rivaton (1994). Checklist of the fishes of the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea). Micronesica 27(1/2):1-43.
• 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.
• McCormack, G. (2000). Cook Islands biodiversity and natural heritage database. Sent by Gerald McCormack as RTF document in May 2000 for use in FishBase.
• Miyasaka, A. (1993). A database on scientific and common names of fishes exported from Hawaii. The information was derived from the above mentioned database. A printout of the names is also available from the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, 1151 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Myers, R.F. (1991). Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
• Myers, R.F. (1999). Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
• NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; ENG url p. 13.
• Randall, J.E. (1997). Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10, 000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished.
• Randall, J.E. (1998). Review of the cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Aqua 3(1):25-38.
• Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson (1993). Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. 59:47.
• Randall, J.E., H. Ida, K. Kato, R.L. Pyle and J.L. Earle (1997). Annotated checklist of inshore fishes of the Ogasawara Islands. Nat. Sci. Mus. Monogr. (11):1-74.
• Shao, K.-T., S.-C. Shen, T.-S. Chiu and C.-S. Tzeng (1992). Distribution and database of fishes in Taiwan. p. 173-206. In C.-Y. Peng (ed.) Collections of research studies on 'Survey of Taiwan biological resources and information management'. Institute
• 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.
• Stauffer, J.R., Jr. and E.S. van Snik 1996 New species of Petrotilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Copeia (3):695-702.
• Wass, R. C. (1984). An annotated checklist of the fishes of Samoa. Natl. Ocean. Atmos. Adminis. Tech. Rept., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Spec. Sci. Rept. Fish. (781).
• Winterbottom, R. and R.C. Anderson (1997). A revised checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Bull. Smith. Inst. (66):1-28.
• Zug, G.R., V.G. Springer, J.T. Williams and G.D. Johnson (1989). The vertebrates of Rotuma and surrounding waters. Atoll Res. Bull. 316:25 p.

Notes

Contributors

• Allen, Gerald R. (from FishBase).
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 7, 2006.
• 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.

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: 3855341
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31520
• Fishbase Species ID: 5758
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168222
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102673

Footnotes

1. 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]

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