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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Bacon Island, Luzon, USNM 347598 (lectotype) (Ref. 54391, 94127). Also recorded from Balabac Strait, Port Ciego, Calamian Group, Culion, San Fabian, Bolinao Bay, Pangasinan, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Panay (Iloilo), Zamboanga (Mindanao), and Illutuc bay, Busuanga (Ref. 48613, 54391). Also Ref. 90102.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Werner, T.B. and G.R. Allen, 2000
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
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Common names from other countries

Blackspot cardinalfish, Ear-blotch cardinalfish, Toplettet kardinalfisk, ... more

Main reference

Gon, O. and J.E. Randall. 2003. (Ref. 54391)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 11.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 33 m (Ref. 54391), usually 0 - 15 m (Ref. 54391)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 30°N - 15°S

Distribution

Western Pacific: Sumatra to Tonga and Vanuatu, north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to Australia; also Palau and Mariana Islands in Micronesia.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 14 - 19. Diagnosis: Dorsal rays VII,9; anal rays 11,14-19 (usually 16-18); pectoral rays 14 (rarely 13 or 15). Lateral-line scales 25 + 3-5. Median predorsal scales 5-6 (usually 6). Gill rakers 5-7 + 15-18 (total, 20-24). Body depth 2.3-2.85 in SL, and body width 2.3-2.7 in the depth; eye diameter 2.7-3.1 in head length; first dorsal spine 2.0-2.9 in second spine; second dorsal spine 2.1-2.6, and third dorsal spine 2.2-2.7 in head length; spine of second dorsal fin 2.3-2.6, and second anal spine 2.5-2.9 in head length; pelvic-fin length 4.3-5.3, and caudal-peduncle length 4.9-5.9 in SL. Distance from insertion of pelvic spine to anal-fin origin 4.2-5.5 in SL. Posterior preopercular edge fully serrate or nearly so; serrae on upper part usually minute, rarely absent; ventral preopercular edge serrate on posterior two-thirds. Scaly sheath along anal-fin base well developed (Ref. 54391).

Occurs in inshore reefs of bays or lagoons, typically hovering in small groups in the recesses of caves (Ref. 1602, 48635).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5001 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.5 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (12 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Taeniamia biguttata (Lachner, 1951)