Apogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 is a animal in the Apogonidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Apogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
Apogon atradorsatus, the blacktip cardinalfish, is a South Pacific nocturnal reef fish found around three Pacific islands.
The blacktip cardinalfish, scientifically named Apogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903, is a reef fish that occurs in the South Pacific. It inhabits rocky reefs at depths between 3 and 45 meters. During the day, it shelters under ledge overhangs and other shaded locations on rocky reefs and slopes, and it feeds in open water at night. This species is distributed around the Galapagos, Cocos, and Malpelo Islands.
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Pristiapogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks, 1906)
Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802)
Taeniamia fucata (Cantor, 1849)
Taeniamia zosterophora (Bleeker, 1856)
Ostorhinchus parvulus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Ostorhinchus moluccensis (Valenciennes, 1832)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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