Scientific Name
Apogon fleurieu

Common Name
Cardinalfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24. Color in life coppery with iridescence; juveniles with peduncular spot, expanding to a broad blackish bar in adults; broad blackish stripe from front of snout to orbit, continuing diffusely behind eye; maxilla with a narrow blue streak. Preopercular ridge smooth, posterior and most of ventral margins serrate. Median predorsal scales 5.

Classification

Classified By

Lacep?de, 1802

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Perch-like fish (Perciformes)

Family

Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and scattered localities in East Africa, Seychelles, India, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan region, and Hong Kong.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

30 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 30 m (Ref. 48635)

Trophic Level

3.63 s.e. 0.49 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

12.5 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (14 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Least Concern (LC)