Variegated Cardinalfish (species: Fowleria variegata) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Fowleria variegata
Variegated Cardinalfish


©Tim Gordon: Fowleria variegata from Lizard Island. This fish settled onto an experimental patch reef and was grown to this size in the aquarium.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Apogonidae
Genus Fowleria
Species Fowleria variegata

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

A dark ocellated spot on the gill cover.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Similar taxa

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Caley, M.J. (1991). Mechanisms of coexistence in communities of coral-reef fishes, Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. LIRS catalog number 307.
  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Reef fish community structure and dynamics: in interaction between local and larger-scale processes? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 19-29. LIRS catalog number 448.
  • Lefèvre, C.D. and D.R. Bellwood (2015). Disturbance and recolonisation by small reef fishes: the role of local movement versus recruitment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 537: 205-215. LIRS catalog number 1964.