Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Found in or near caves and crevices (Ref. 58302).
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Fraser, T.H. and P.J. Struhsaker 1991 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a key to apogonine genera. Copeia (3):718-722. (Ref. 8908)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=8908&speccode=12671
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Distribution
Distribution
Comores
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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542
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Eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands westward into the Indian Ocean.
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Fraser, T.H. and P.J. Struhsaker 1991 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a key to apogonine genera. Copeia (3):718-722. (Ref. 8908)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=8908&speccode=12671
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
7.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 8908))
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Fraser, T.H. and P.J. Struhsaker 1991 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a key to apogonine genera. Copeia (3):718-722. (Ref. 8908)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=8908&speccode=12671
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Type Information
Paratype for Lachneratus phasmaticus Fraser & Struhsaker
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): V. Springer & et al.
Year Collected: 1982
Locality: Fiji Islands, Ocean Side of Reef, Just South of Usborne Pass, NW Tip of Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji, Fiji Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 40
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): V. Springer & et al.
Year Collected: 1982
Locality: Fiji Islands, Ocean Side of Reef, Just South of Usborne Pass, NW Tip of Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji, Fiji Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 40
- Paratype: Fraser, T. H. & Struhsaker, P. J. 1991. Copeia. 1991 (3): 719.
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Paratype for Lachneratus phasmaticus Fraser & Struhsaker
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1968
Locality: Hawaiian Islands, Haleiwa., Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 95 to 104
Vessel: Townsend Cromwell
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1968
Locality: Hawaiian Islands, Haleiwa., Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 95 to 104
Vessel: Townsend Cromwell
- Paratype: Fraser, T. H. & Struhsaker, P. J. 1991. Copeia. 1991 (3): 719.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 2 specimens in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 40 - 99.5
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 40 - 99.5
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Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 40 - 99.5
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 40 - 99.5
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Environment
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 3 - 104 m (Ref. 8908)
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Fraser, T.H. and P.J. Struhsaker 1991 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a key to apogonine genera. Copeia (3):718-722. (Ref. 8908)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=8908&speccode=12671
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Trophic Strategy
Benthopelagic or near caves and crevices (Ref. 58302). Exhibits the black gut phenomenon which, in nocturnal predators, serves to conceal bioluminiscent prey in the stomach cavity (Ref. 46685).
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Fishelson, L., M. Goren and O. Gon 1997 Black gut phenomenon in cardinal fishes (Apogonidae, Teleostei). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 161:295-298. (Ref. 46685)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=46685&speccode=5750
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=205&speccode=1256
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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