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	<dwc:Genus>Apogonichthys</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker, 1854</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Tatabig</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='af'>Gespikkelde kardinaal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Bagsang</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Flores cardinalfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Perdix cardinalfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Speckled cardinal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Waikiki cardinalfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>'Upāpalu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Hawai-mato-ishimochi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mh'>Fohmo-apaka</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='mh'>Fomho-apaka</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Dangat</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='tl'>Suga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Ibis pula</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Mamaong</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>夏威夷天竺魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>夏威夷天竺鱼</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>大面侧仔</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>鳩斑原天竺鯛</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>鳩斑天竺魚</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>鸠斑原天竺鲷</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>鸠斑天竺鱼</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Apogon perdix (Bleeker, 1854)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Apogonichthys waikiki Jordan &amp; Evermann, 1903</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Mionurus waikiki (Jordan &amp; Evermann, 1903)</synonym>
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	<dc:description>Adults occur inshore (Ref. 7300).  Found among rubble of reef flats and 'dead' reefs (Ref. 1602, 58302).  Benthic and benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).  Secretive (Ref. 48635), nocturnal species (Ref. 7300). Eggs are incubated orally (Ref. 205).  Monogamous and always in home-ranging pairs, that is they do not defend an exclusive territory (Ref. 52884).  Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Olive brown with irregular dark spots and streaks; speckled fins; normally with a dark line from eye to origin of LL and stripe from eye to angle of preopercle (Ref. 4329, 48635).  Developed gill rakers 5-7.  A distinctive small white spot centrally at base of caudal fin (Ref. 48635).Description:  Characterized by small eighth spine usually covered by skin; greatest depth of body 2.4-2.6 in SL (Ref. 90102).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4329&amp;speccode=5741'>Gon, O. 1986 Apogonidae. p. 546-561. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4329)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&amp;speccode=5741'>Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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