Rhabdamia gracilis
Slender cardinalfish
©Anne Hoggett: Rhabdamia gracilis at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island. These individuals have no markings but there can be black tips on one or both tail lobes and/or a small black spot on the lower tail base (Allen and Erdmann, 2012).
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Apogonidae
Genus
Rhabdamia
Species
Rhabdamia gracilis
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Fragile cardinalfish (species: Zoramia viridiventer)
is another small, translucent, silvery cardinalfish often with a black spot at the tail base. It is bulkier at the front than Rhabdamia gracilis
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Grutter, A.S. (1997). Effect of the removal of cleaner fish on the abundance and species composition of reef fish, Oecologia, 111: 137-143. LIRS catalog number 504.
- Heiniger, H. and R.D. Adlard (2012). Host specificity and local infection dynamics of Kudoa leptacanthae n. sp. (Multivalvulida: Kudoidae) from the pericardial cavity of two Zoramia spp. (Perciformes: Apogonidae) at Lizard Island lagoon, Queensland, Australia. Parasitology International, 61: 697-706. LIRS catalog number 1582.
- Heiniger, H. and R.D. Adlard (2013). Molecular identification of cryptic species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) including the description of eight novel species from apogonid fishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Australian waters. Acta Parasitologica, 58: 342-360. LIRS catalog number 1697.
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