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Apogon aurolineatus (Mowbray, 1927)

Description

Common Names

  • Bridle cardinalfish , English , Bahamas
  • Bridle Cardinalfish , English , Cuba
  • Bridle cardinalfish , English , USA
  • 金線天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 金线天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cardenal dorado , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Cardenal frenado , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Kurtiformes

    Family: Apogonidae

    Genus: Apogon

    Species: Apogon aurolineatus (Mowbray, 1927)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: southern Florida in USA and Bahamas to Curaçao and Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 9626).

    • Biology

    Most common in seagrass beds, but occurs from water's edge to 75 m depth. Commonly trawled on shallow shrimp grounds.

    Habitat

    associated