Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Body depth high and each fin rounded.

Common Names

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印度梳蘿 , Cantonese , Hong Kong

紫梳蘿 , Cantonese , Hong Kong

Cardinalfish , English , Malaysia

Dark Cardinalfish , English , Hong Kong

Kuro-ishimochi , Japanese , Japan

먹얼게비늘 , Korean , Korea (South)

Sebekah , Malay , Malaysia

Sebekah ekor cerah , 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

黑天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

黑天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Apogonichthyoides

Species: Apogonichthyoides niger (Döderlein, 1883)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Northwest Pacific: Japan (from Kanagawa Prefecture and the Goto Islands southward), Taiwan, and the South China Sea.

Biology

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Occurs solitarily around boulders scattered on sandy and muddy bottoms in bays. Breeding occurs from July to September. Males brood eggs in the mouth (Ref. 559).

Habitat

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demersal