Description

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Common Names

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Bullseye cardinalfish , English , Israel

Pharaoh cardinalfish , English , Global

Kardinal balığı , Turkish , Turkey

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Apogonichthyoides

Species: Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (Bellotti, 1874)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: from Egypt, Suez, south to northern Durban South Africa and east to Pakistan. Migrated to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal (Ref. 5385, 93646).

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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demersal