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Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus (Weber, 1909)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8.

Common Names

  • Many-banded cardinal-fish , English , Australia
  • Manyband cardinalfish , English , Australia
  • 短尾天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短尾天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Ibis , Surigaonon , Philippines
  • Moong , Surigaonon , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Kurtiformes

    Family: Apogonidae

    Genus: Apogonichthyoides

    Species: Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus (Weber, 1909)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and northwestern Australia.

    • Biology

    Nocturnal species which occurs inshore, over soft bottom (Ref. 7300). Solitary (Ref 90102).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic