Description

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Common Names

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Blackfin Cardinalfish , English , Cuba

Blackfin cardinalfish , English , Puerto Rico

Blackfin cardinalfish , English , USA

Punctate cardinalfish , English , Bahamas

黑鰭星天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑鳍星天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cardenal punteado , Spanish , Cuba

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Astrapogon

Species: Astrapogon puncticulatus (Poey, 1867)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA, Antilles, Caribbean (Ref. 26938) and Bahamas to Brazil.

Biology

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Adults occur in clear Thalassia testudinum beds where it often inhabits empty snail shells (Ref. 9626). Caught at night or in the early hours of the morning (Ref. 9626).

Habitat

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associated