Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Astrapogon

Species: Astrapogon puncticulatus (Poey, 1867)

Climate Zone

Location

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

Biology

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

associated

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless