Threadfin cardinalfish

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Threadfin cardinalfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Apogonidae Genus: Apogon Species: A. leptacanthus
Binomial name
Apogon leptacanthus

Also known as the bluestreak cardinalfish^[1], it is one of the cardinalfishes.

Contents 1 Range 2 Description 3 Habitat 4 References

[edit] Range

Red Sea and Mozambique Island to Samoa and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Micronesia.^[2]

[edit] Description

A translucent fish with vertical irridescent blue lines on the head and front of body. It grows up to 6cm in length. In juveniles the blue lines are missing.

[edit] Habitat

Adults occur in small aggregations from 1m to at least 12m depth, usually close to branching coral, in sheltered bays and lagoons.

[edit] References

1. ^ Lieske, E. and Myers, R.F. (2004) Coral reef guide; Red Sea London, HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-715986-2
2. ^ "Apogon leptacanthus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 5 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.