Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8. Eyes slightly larger than snout. Preopercular edge serrated, preopercular ridge smooth, weakly denticulate at angle. Brownish or silver grey. 3 darker vertical bands on each side, the first including a black ocellus with yellow or white ring, last band near the base of caudal fin.

Common Names

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Tweeband-kardinaal , Afrikaans , South Africa

Fanas , Arabic , Jordan

Cardinal fish , English , Malaysia

Striped cardinalfish , English , UK

Two-banded cardinalfish , English , Hong Kong

Twobelt cardinal , English , India

Twobelt cardinal , English , Malaysia

Twobelt cardinal , English , Viet Nam

Twobelt cardinal , English , South Africa

Twobelt cardinal , English , Global

Twobelt cardinalfish , English , Malaysia

Apogon à deux selles , French , France

Apogon à deux selles , French , Global

Yokosuji-ishimochi , Japanese , Japan

두동갈얼게비늘 , Korean , Korea (South)

Sebekah , Malay , Malaysia

Sebekah dwigelang , Malay , Malaysia

Seriding , Malay , Malaysia

双带天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

双纹天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

雙帶天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

雙紋天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Dangat , Tagalog , Philippines

Cá Sơn vằn ngang , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Apogonichthyoides

Species: Apogonichthyoides taeniatus (Cuvier, 1828)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Persian Gulf south to Mozambique, Aldabra and Madagascar.

Biology

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Inhabits coastal reefs, in shallow silty areas, and in mangroves (Ref. 9710).

Habitat

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associated