Eightspine Cardinalfish (species: Neamia octospina) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Neamia octospina
Eightspine Cardinalfish


©Tyson Jones: Neamia octospina at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island, at night, preying upon another fish.

©Tyson Jones: Neamia octospina at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island, at night, preying upon another fish.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Apogonidae
Genus Neamia
Species Neamia octospina

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

Nocturnal. Grey/pinkish translucent body with three dark stripes radiating from eye.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

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.
  • Fisher, R., J.M. Leis, D.L. Clark and S.K. Wilson (2005). Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species, among species and between locations, Marine Biology, 147: 1202-1212. LIRS catalog number 934.