Description

---

Common Names

---

Slendertail cardinalfish , English , USA

細尾天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

细尾天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

---

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Apogon

Species: Apogon leptocaulus Gilbert, 1972

Climate Zone

---

Tropical

Location

---

Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida in USA to Belize and islands of southern Caribbean.

Biology

---

Inhabits coral reefs or rocky slopes.

Habitat

---

associated