Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Differs from C. artus by having darker stripes and fewer gill rakers, and from C. macrodon by having narrower dark stripes (Ref. 37816). Similar to C. heptazona, but lacking yellow on snout, and C. octolineatus, but without black tip on dorsal fin. Juveniles and sub-adults with large yellow area on caudal peduncle with a small black spot in its center (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Cheilodipterus

Species: Cheilodipterus intermedius Gon, 1993

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Pacific: Japan south to Australia east to Solomon Islands.

Biology

Occurs in reefs over sand or mud bottoms. Solitary in caves to 20 m depth (Ref. 48635).

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless