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Apogon semiornatus Peters, 1876

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Characterized by having transparent pinkish body; broad reddish brown band from snout to the anal-fin base; broad dark brown band at the middle of the body surface (Ref. 93839); depth of body 2.7-3.0 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Common Names

  • Drieband-kardinaal , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Half-banded cardinalfish , English , Indonesia
  • Halfband cardinalfish , English , Australia
  • Oblique-banded cardinalfish , English , Australia
  • Threeband cardinal , English , South Africa
  • Threeband cardinalfish , English , Australia
  • Threeband cardinalfish , English , Christmas I.
  • Mustvööt-kardinalahven , Estonian , Estonia
  • Yami-tenjikudai , Japanese , Japan
  • 半飾天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 半饰天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 双斜带天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大面侧仔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雙斜帶天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Kurtiformes

    Family: Apogonidae

    Genus: Apogon

    Species: Apogon semiornatus Peters, 1876

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Gulf of Oman south to Natal, South Africa and east to the western Pacific where it ranges from southern Japan to Australia.

    • Biology

    Occurs inshore (Ref. 7300). Rocky and rubble reef, secretive under pieces or in the back of low caves (Ref. 48635). Solitary and cryptic, hides under ledges and rocks (Ref 90102).

    Habitat

    associated