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Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: nivosa: Name from Latin adjective 'nivosus', meaning snowy; referring to numerous whitish spots on the body.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 15 - 48 m (Ref. 93673). Tropical
Western Pacific: Palau, the Marshall Islands and Fiji; expected elsewhere in the Caroline Islands and from Indonesia, New Guinea and other islands to Fiji.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 93673)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8 - 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 8 - 9; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 8; Vértebra: 24. This species is distinguished by the following: usually 3-7 pored lateral-line scales and 12-14 gill rakers and rudiments; body scale margins uniform; body pale yellowish brown, suffused with red especially on head and ventrally on body, with numerous white spots outlined in red, no bars on head, body or peduncle; axil of pectoral fin without spot; 3 or more whitish basicaudal spots; second dorsal, anal and caudal fins pale reddish with small white spots, the membranes translucent (Ref. 93673).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Collected in Halimeda beds in 15-27 meters and in one collection, it included species of Padina, Caulerpa, and Dictyota (Ref. 93673).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Mouthbrooders. Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Fraser, T.H. and J.E. Randall, 2011. Two new species of Foa (Apogonidae) from the Pacific Plate, with redescriptions of Foa brachygramma and Foa fo. Zootaxa 2988:1-27. (Ref. 93673)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01479 (0.00693 - 0.03157), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |