Lachneratus phasmaticus
| Phantom cardinalfish | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Lachneratus T. H. Fraser & Struhsaker, 1991 |
| Species: | L. phasmaticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lachneratus phasmaticus T. H. Fraser & Struhsaker, 1991 | |
Lachneratus phasmaticus also known as the Phantom cardinalfish, is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is the only member of its genus.[1] It is native to the tropical eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2] This fish can be found in crevices and underwater caves, and it occurs at depths of 3 to 104 meters. It grows to a length of 7.4 centimetres (2.9 in) SL.[2]
This species was discovered when "an unusual cardinalfish was taken in a trawl off of Hawaii" around 1969.[3] It was later collected off of Fiji. It was described to science in 1991 and placed in a new genus of its own.[3]
References
- ↑ Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014): Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Lachneratus phasmaticus" in FishBase. August 2015 version.
- 1 2 Fraser, T.H. & Struhsaker, P.J. (1991): A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a key to apogonine genera. Copeia, 1991 (3): 718-22.
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