Biology:Ostorhinchus fleurieu

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Ostorhinchus fleurieu
Peces cardenal (Apogon fleurieu), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 137.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Ostorhinchus
Species:
O. fleurieu
Binomial name
Ostorhinchus fleurieu
Lacepède, 1802
Synonyms

Apogon fleurieu Lacepède, 1802

Ostorhinchus fleurieu (flower cardinalfish,[1][2] gold cardinalfish,[1] bullseye cardinalfish,[1] cardinalfish,[1] ring-tail cardinalfish[1] or ringtailed cardinalfish[1]) is a species of cardinalfish native to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the waters around East Africa, Seychelles, India , Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan region, and Hong Kong.,[3] south to the Ashmore Reef, Western Australia.[4] It is the type species of the genus Ostorhinchus.[5] The specific name honours the France explorer and hydrographer Charles Pierre Claret, comte de Fleurieu (1738-1810) who was a colleague and friend of Lacepède's.[6]

Description

A coppery-coloured fish with a broad blackish bar at the base of the tail, it is up to 12.5 cm in length. In juveniles, the base of the tail has a spot rather than a bar. The upper jaw has a narrow blue streak, and a broad, blackish stripe extends from the front of the snout to the eye. It is easily confused with Ostorhinchus aureus, where the black tail bar is narrower in the centre than at the ends.

Habitat

Adults occur in small schools made up of pairs of fish from 7 to at least 73 m in depth, associated with coral reefs. It normally occurs in shallow areas with coral reefswhere there are moderate currents. It is found with small to large schools which shelter in crevices.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Fricke, R.; Gon, O. (2010). "Apogon fleurieu". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2010: e.T154912A4665615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154912A4665615.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/154912/0. Retrieved 24 December 2017. 
  2. Lieske, E. and Myers, R.F. (2004) Coral reef guide; Red Sea London, HarperCollins ISBN:0-00-715986-2
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Ostorhinchus fleurieu" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Dianne J. Bray. "Ostorhinchus fleurieu". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4205. Retrieved 22 Sep 2018. 
  5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Ostorhinchus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=501. 
  6. "Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 31 May 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/kurtiformes/. Retrieved 21 September 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3751776 entry