TaiBNET

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Apogonidae
Genus Apogonichthyoides
Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker, 1854)

Provider:

Chen, Jeng-Ping

Synonyms：

Apogon darnleyensis, Apogon fraxineus, Apogon timorensis, Apogonichthyoides fraxineus, Apogonichthys darnleyensis

Citation:

'1.臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)

2. Shao, K. T., and J. P. Chen (1986) The New Records of Cardinalfishes from Taiwan, with a Synopsis of the Family Apogonidae. Journ. Taiwan Museum, 39(2):61-104

3. Fraser, T. H. and E. A. Lachner (1986)A revision of the cardinalfish suenera Pristiapogon and Zoramia (genus Apogon) of the Indo-Pacific region (Teleostei: Apogonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 412: i-iii + 1-47

4. Mabuchi, K. , T. H. Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma and M. Nishida 2014 (1 Aug.) Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846 (no. 2): 151-203.

Character:

Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II, 8; pectoral-fin rays 15-16. Body black or coppery brown; unsignally black bands under each dorsal fin; may have three faint, dusky bars on sides; gill-rakers fewer than 21; no mark on cheek; three predorsalss; a pair of uroneurals present; preopercular ridge weakly serrated; caudal fin forked.

Habitat:

Found in shallow protected coastal reef crests and lagoons, hiding below corals during the day, but also trawled on soft bottom; also under boulders on shallow reef flats. Nocturnal species. Feeds on zooplankton and other small benthic invertebrates.

Distribution:

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and southern Oman south to Natal, South Africa and east to the western Pacific where it occurs from Japan to northern Australia.

Utility:

No commercial value.

Name Code:

381356

IUCN Red List:LC

Marine