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Astrapogon stellatus (Cope, 1867)

Description

Preopercle smooth, scales smooth, no scales on midline in front of dorsal fin.

Common Names

  • Conchfish , English , Bahamas
  • Conchfish , English , Bermuda
  • Conchfish , English , Cuba
  • Conchfish , English , Neth Antilles
  • Conchfish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Conchfish , English , USA
  • Teo-kiirkardinal , Estonian , Estonia
  • 星天竺鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 星天竺鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cardenal de cobo , Spanish , Cuba
  • Cardenal Del Cobo , Spanish , Cuba
  • Cardenal del cobo , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Kurtiformes

    Family: Apogonidae

    Genus: Astrapogon

    Species: Astrapogon stellatus (Cope, 1867)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Central Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), and Bahamas to the Antilles (Ref. 26938) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 57756).

    • Biology

    Prefers clear insular waters of oceanic islands (Ref. 9626). Has a commensal relationship with the conch shell Lobatus gigas (where it is found in the mantle cavity) and with the bivalve Atrina rigida (Ref. 9626). Emerges at night from the conch shell to feed on small crustaceans. Males brood the eggs in their mouths. (Ref. 26938).

    Habitat

    associated