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Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker, 1854)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Characterized by having dorsal fin rays VII-I, 9; anal fin rays II,8; pectoral fin rays 16; pelvic fin rays I, 5; pored lateral line scales 23-24; predorsal scales 3; circumpeduncular scales 12 (Ref. 93839); coppery brown to yellowish with an oblique black line below eye; may have three faint, dusky bars on sides (Ref. 2334, 48635); characterized further by the following: irregular whitish bar across anterior caudal peduncle; lower gill cover with dark brown patch; narrow, oblique dark band below eye; yellowish fins; first dorsal fin with dark brown tip; greatest depth of body 2.5-2.8 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Common Names

  • Treurige kardinaal , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Sad cardinal , English , South Africa
  • Sad cardinalfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Timor cardinal , English , Australia
  • Timor cardinal , English , Indonesia
  • Timor cardinalfish , English , Australia
  • Timor cardinalfish , English , Indonesia
  • Kardinalbarsch , German , Germany
  • Kakure-ishimochi , Japanese , Japan
  • 东非天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大目侧仔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大目側仔 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 大面侧仔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 東非天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 綠身天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 綠身天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 绿身天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Kurtiformes

    Family: Apogonidae

    Genus: Apogonichthyoides

    Species: Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker, 1854)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and southern Oman south to Natal, South Africa and east to the western Pacific where it occurs from Japan to northern Australia.

    • Biology

    Found in shallow protected coastal reef crests and lagoons, hiding below corals during the day, but also trawled on soft bottom (Ref. 48635); also under boulders on shallow reef flats. Nocturnal species. Aquarium breeding is possible (Ref. 130643).

    Habitat

    associated