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Apogonichthyoides melas (Bleeker, 1848)

Description

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

Common Names

  • Sort kardinalfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Black cardinalfish , English , Australia
  • Black cardinalfish , English , Guam
  • Black cardinalfish , English , Indonesia
  • Black cardinalfish , English , Malaysia
  • Black cardinalfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Blackspot cardinalfish , English , Micronesia
  • Cardinalfish , English , Malaysia
  • Montsuki-ishimochi , Japanese , Japan
  • Sebekah , Malay , Malaysia
  • Sebekah hitam , Malay , Malaysia
  • Semangka , Malay , Malaysia
  • Seriding , Malay , Malaysia
  • 大目侧仔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大目側仔 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 大面侧仔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑身天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑身天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 黑身天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Dangat , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Suga , Tagalog , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Kurtiformes

    Family: Apogonidae

    Genus: Apogonichthyoides

    Species: Apogonichthyoides melas (Bleeker, 1848)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Malaysia to Moluccas, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Rowley Shoals. Reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 11889).

    • Biology

    Found in shallow well protected coastal bays, commonly found under jetties, hiding in dark areas (Ref. 48635); also in inshore rocky areas and among branching coral (Ref. 9710).

    Habitat

    associated