FB-5745 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Kurtiformes Apogonidae Fowleria Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes, 1832) Tatabig Bagsang Multi-spotted cardinal-fish Peppered cardinalfish Spotted cardinalfish Variegated cardinalfish Kirju idakardinal tinā Shibori Fo Dangat Suga Mamaong 多斑乳突天竺鯛 多斑乳突天竺鲷 大目侧仔 大目側仔 大面侧仔 Amia variegata (Valenciennes, 1832) Apogon variegatus Valenciennes, 1832 Apogonichthys nafae Smyder, 1909 Apogonichthys polystigma Bleeker, 1854 Apogonichthys variegatus (Valenciennes, 1832) Fowleria polystigma (Bleeker, 1854) 1992-06-11 2015-03-10 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. 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Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-5745-7954 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-02-07 2000-02-15 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Fovar_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Fovar_u1.jpg FB-pic-5745-7956 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription seagrass http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Fovar_u5.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Fovar_u5.jpg FB-pic-5745-7960 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-02-07 2000-02-16 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Fovar_u8.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Fovar_u8.jpg FB-pic-5745-10303 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1993-07-01 1997-12-27 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Fovar_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Fovar_u0.gif FB-pic-5745-19749 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-04 2012-11-16 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Fopol_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Fopol_u0.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-5745 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2015-03-10 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Found in coral reefs and seagrass beds of inner bays and shallow lagoons (Ref. 1602); also in dead reef and rubble (Ref. 48635). Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300). Solitary or in small groups (Ref 90102). Gon, O. and J.E. Randall 2003 A review of the cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Rea Sea. Smithiana Bull. 1:1-47. (Ref. 50837) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5745 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1995-04-05 00:00:00 2013-08-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII + I,9; A II,8; pectoral fin rays 12-14; lateral-line scales 23 (23rd overlapping caudal-fin base), the first 10-13 with tubes; median predorsal scales 4; total gill-rakers 3-4 + 11-13; developed rakers 1+ 5-6; rear edge of preopercle ridge smooth, the lower edge membranous and crenulate; body depth 2.5-2.95, head length 2.3-2.4 in SL; snout length 4.2-4.5, eye diameter 3.1-3.8, interorbital width 5.8-7.05, and upper-jaw length 1.9-2.0, all in head length; jaws and vomer with villiform teeth in bands, none on palatines; caudal-peduncle depth 1.15-1.45 in peduncle length, and peduncle length 4.2-4.7 in SL; round shaped caudal fin (Ref. 50837). Gon, O. and J.E. Randall 2003 A review of the cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Rea Sea. Smithiana Bull. 1:1-47. (Ref. 50837) FB-Morphology-5745 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1995-04-05 00:00:00 2013-08-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8 Gon, O. and J.E. Randall 2003 A review of the cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Rea Sea. Smithiana Bull. 1:1-47. (Ref. 50837) FB-Distribution-5745 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2023-01-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Oman, Persian Gulf, Kenya, Maldives; east to the Samoa Islands; north to Ryukyu Islands and south to New South Wales (Australia). Gon, O. and J.E. Randall 2003 A review of the cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Rea Sea. Smithiana Bull. 1:1-47. (Ref. 50837) FB-LifeCycle-5745 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2015-03-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=5745&StockCode=6038 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution CDistinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-5745 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-06-11 00:00:00 2008-11-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public variegata http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Nocturnal species which occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Found in coral reefs and seagrass beds of inner bays and shallow lagoons (Ref. 1602, 58534). Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen 1993 Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137) FB-Size-5745 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2015-03-10 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle 8.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5745 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2015-03-10 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5745 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 27 m (Ref. 11441) Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441)