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Apogon maculatus (Poey, 1860)

Description

Red to dusky red with a round black spot beneath rear of second dorsal fin and a broad blackish saddle-like bar on caudal peduncle.

Common Names

  • Flamefish , English , Bahamas
  • Flamefish , English , Barbados
  • Flamefish , English , Cuba
  • Flamefish , English , Neth Antilles
  • Flamefish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Flamefish , English , St Lucia
  • Flamefish , English , USA
  • Spotted cardinalfish , English , Cuba
  • 斑紋天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑纹天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Kòrá wowo pretu , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Apogon ognisty , Polish , Poland
  • Cardeal-fogo , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Piranema , Portuguese (Tupi-guarani) , Brazil
  • Cardenal , Spanish , Puerto Rico
  • Cardenal manchado , Spanish , Cuba
  • Cardenal manchado , Spanish , Mexico
  • Cardenal manchado , Spanish , Venezuela

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Kurtiformes

    Family: Apogonidae

    Genus: Apogon

    Species: Apogon maculatus (Poey, 1860)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26340) to Brazil.

    • Biology

    Commonly found along sea walls and pilings, in harbors, and coral reefs. A nocturnal species, it remains hidden in cracks and crevices during the day (Ref. 9626). Reaches depths of more than 100 m (Ref. 9626). Males with eggs have been spotted in Bahamas in June and July (Ref. 26938). Most common cardinalfish in the aquarium trade.

    Habitat

    associated