Nectamia fusca
Ghost Cardinalfish
©Anne Hoggett: Probably Nectamia fusca about 2 cm long, at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island, at night.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Apogonidae
Genus
Nectamia
Species
Nectamia fusca
Colours
Distinguishing features
Very narrow bar under eye, no dark margins on tail lobes, and bar on tail peduncle distinct in juveniles and may be lost in adults (adapted from Fishes of Australia accessed 19 Mar 2017).
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Samoan Cardinalfish (species: Nectamia savayensis)
has a thicker, wedge-shaped bar below the eye, dark margins to the tail lobes, and the bar on the tail peduncle is mostly above the lateral line (Fishes of Australia accessed 19 Mar 2017)
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Fraser, T.H. (2008). Cardinalfishes of the genus Nectamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific region with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa, 1691: 1-52. LIRS catalog number 90417.
Other references
- Barnett, A. (2004). The trophic and reproductive implications of mouthbrooding in apogonid fishes, Honours thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 946.
- Barnett, A. and D.R. Bellwood (2005). Sexual dimorphism in the buccal cavity of paternal mouthbrooding cardinalfishes (Pisces: Apogonidae), Marine Biology, 148: 205-212. LIRS catalog number 1021.
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