| Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes), subfamily: Apogoninae |
| 4.47 cm SL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 4 years |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 33 m |
| Western Central Pacific: Ryukyu Islands south to Australia; Indonesia (Ref. 90102) east to Fiji Islands (Ref. 56673). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 24-24. Predorsal scales 4; preopercular edge serrate; preopercular ridge smooth to slightly crenulate; body depth 2.85-3.05 in SL; silvery blue-gray with 6 orange to orange-yellow stripes on head and body, those on body narrower than blue-gray interspaces; third orange-yellow stripe from dorsal edge of eye ending below space between dorsal fins; midlateral orange-yellow stripe ending in a red spot at base of caudal fin (Ref. 33415). |
| Inhabit coral reef (Ref. 75154). Form small aggregations (Ref. 33415). Distinguished from A. cyanosoma by the presence of a single red spot at the midbase of the caudal fin, a higher number of gill rakers, and apparently a smaller maximum size (Ref. 33415). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 04 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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