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Apogon compressus

(Ochre-striped cardinalfish)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Bikol:

Bagsang

Common Names in English:

Blue-Eye Cardinalfish, Blue-eyed cardinal, Blue-eyed cardinalfish, Ochre-striped cardinalfish, Split-banded cardinalfish, Split-Branded Cardinal

Common Names in Japanese:

Hira-tenjikudai

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

裂带天竺鲷, 裂帶天竺鯛

Common Names in Tagalog:

Dangat, Suga

Common Names in Tagbanwa Calamian:

Kultit

Description

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Physical Description

Size/Age/Growth

Males are commonly 8 cm (Standard Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 12 cm (Total Length).

Habitat

Found in small aggregates among or near mounds of branching corals such as Porites cylindrica or P. nigrescens[1]. Nocturnal species[2]. May be found at depths of 2 to 20 meters.

Has been reared in captivity[3].

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,025 meters (0 to -9,925 feet).[4]

Ecology: This cardinalfish, Apogon compressus is found on a diverse range of continental, shelf and high island reefs at a depth range of 1 - 20 m. It is associated with areas of abundant live coral cover (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2009). Apogon compressus often hides among branching stony corals during the day. A. compressus is nocturnal and leaves its shelter at night to feed on zooplankton . It is often found in small aggregations, among or near mounds of branching coral such as Porites cylindrica or Porites nigrescens.[5].

List of Habitats :

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Amia compressaAmia compressa Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 • Amia compressa Smith & Radcliffe • Apogon compressusApogon compressus (Smith and Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1911) • Bolbometopon bicolor< /i> (Rüppell • Callyodon pulchellus< /i> (Rüppell • Cetoscarus pulchellus< /i> (Rüppell • Chlorurus bicolor< /i> (Rüppell • Chlorurus pulchellus< /i> (Rüppell • Ostorhinchus compressusPseudoscarus nigripinnis Günther • Scarus bicolor Rüppell • Scarus pulchellus Rüppell

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: In Radcliffe.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 26-Aug-1994

Similar Species

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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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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Myers, R.F. (1991). Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. [back]
  2. 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]
  3. Job, S., M. Arvedlund and M. Marnane (1997). Culture of coral reef fishes. Austasia Aquacult. 11(3):56-59. [back]
  4. Mean = -834.740 meters (-2,738.648 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,160.110 based on 54 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  5. Allen, G.R. & Fricke, R. 2010. Apogon compressus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012