Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Short caudal peduncle. Posterior margin of preopercle coarsely serrated. Caudal fin slightly rounded with rounded corners. Pelvic fins larger than dorsal fin. Greyish-brown to black; ocellus above pectoral; caudal and pectorals clear, other fins black (Ref. 9002).

Common Names

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Bulls-eye cardinalfish , English , Australia

野天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

野天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Apogonichthyoides

Species: Apogonichthyoides atripes (Ogilby, 1916)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Southwest Pacific: eastern Australia.

Biology

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Inhabits protected coastal bays and estuaries in sponge and soft-coral areas (Ref. 9002).

Habitat

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demersal