Description

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Common Names

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Brazilian flamefish , English , Australia

美洲天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

美洲天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cardeal-fogo , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Apogon

Species: Apogon americanus Castelnau, 1855

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Southwest Atlantic and Eastern Central Atlantic: Brazil, including Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and St. Paul's Rocks.

Biology

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Maximum depth from Ref. 126840. Inhabits rock pools but also found to depths of at least 50 m. Hides in holes and crevices during the day (Ref. 13121). Feeds on plankton (Ref. 40849).

Habitat

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demersal