Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Species Order

Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker, 1854

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Olive brown with irregular dark spots and streaks; speckled fins; normally with a dark line from eye to origin of LL and stripe from eye to angle of preopercle (Ref. 4329, 48635). Developed gill rakers 5-7. A distinctive small white spot centrally at base of caudal fin (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Apogonichthys

Species: Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker, 1854

Climate Zone

Tropical

Location

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Inhambane (Ref. 4329) and east to the Hawaiian Islands and Rapa, north to southern Japan; throughout Micronesia.

Biology

Adults occur inshore (Ref. 7300). Found among rubble of reef flats and 'dead' reefs (Ref. 1602, 58302). Benthic and benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Secretive (Ref. 48635), nocturnal species (Ref. 7300). Eggs are incubated orally (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.

Habitat

associated