Biology:Vincentia conspersa

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Vincentia conspersa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Vincentia
Species:
V. conspersa
Binomial name
Vincentia conspersa
(Klunzinger, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Apogon conspersus Klunzinger, 1872
  • Castelnau, 1872 Apogon guntheri

Vincentia conspersa, known as the southern cardinalfish is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae. The species is native to the coasts of southern Australia at a depth between 0 and 67 m (0 and 220 ft). It is a nocturnal species.[1][2]

The marine parasite Glugea vincentiae infects this species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. "Vincentia conspersa". http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Vincentia&speciesname=conspersa. 
  2. ↑ Nicolas Bailly (2017). "Vincentia conspersa Klunzinger 1872". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283153. 
  3. ↑ Vagelli, A.; Paramá, A.; Sanmartín, M. L.; Leiro, J. (2005). "Glugea vincentiae n. sp. (Microsporidia: Glugeidae) infecting the Australian marine fish Vincentia conspersa (Teleostei: Apogonidae)". Journal of Parasitology 91 (1): 152–157. doi:10.1645/GE-388R. PMID 15856891. 

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