Biology:Blacktip cardinalfish

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Blacktip cardinalfish
Apogon atradorsatus.jpg
Apogon atradorsatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Apogon
Species:
A. atradorsatus
Binomial name
Apogon atradorsatus
Heller & Snodgrass, 1903

The blacktip cardinalfish (Apogon atradorsatus) is a reef fish in the South Pacific. They inhabit rocky reefs at depths from 3–45 m. They stay under ledge overhangs and other shaded areas on rocky reefs and slopes during the day and feeds in the open at night.[2]

Distribution

The blacktip cardinalfish is found in Galapagos,[3] Cocos and Malpelo Islands [4]

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz,B.; Collette, B.; Bussing, W.; Guzman-Mora, A.G.; Salas, E. (2010). "Apogon atradorsatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T183259A8082017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183259A8082017.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/183259/8082017. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Encyclopedia of Life. "Details for: Blacktip Cardinalfish". Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/356251/. 
  3. Grove, Jack Stein; Lavenberg, Robert J. (1997) (in en). The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press. p. xxxvii. ISBN 9780804722896. https://books.google.com/books?id=VUoAHt-Cf-IC. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Apogon atradorsatus" in FishBase. July 2013 version.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1078221 entry