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Etymology: rubrimacula: From the Latin ruber, red, and macula, spot, in reference to the conspicuous red spot at the midbase of the caudal fin..
More on authors: Randall & Kulbicki.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 33 m (Ref. 33415). Tropical; 22°N - 28°S, 120°E - 178°E

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Western Central Pacific: Ryukyu Islands south to Australia; Indonesia (Ref. 90102) east to Fiji Islands (Ref. 56673).

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 3.5 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 33415); Idade máx. registada: 4 anos (Ref. 56673)

Descrição breve Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total): 8; Raios dorsais moles (total): 9; Espinhos anais 2; Raios anais moles: 8; Vértebras: 24. Predorsal scales 4; preopercular edge serrate; preopercular ridge smooth to slightly crenulate; body depth 2.85-3.05 in SL; silvery blue-gray with 6 orange to orange-yellow stripes on head and body, those on body narrower than blue-gray interspaces; third orange-yellow stripe from dorsal edge of eye ending below space between dorsal fins; midlateral orange-yellow stripe ending in a red spot at base of caudal fin (Ref. 33415).

Inhabit coral reef (Ref. 75154). Form small aggregations (Ref. 33415). Distinguished from A. cyanosoma by the presence of a single red spot at the midbase of the caudal fin, a higher number of gill rakers, and apparently a smaller maximum size (Ref. 33415).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).

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Randall, J.E. and M. Kulbicki, 1998. Two new cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Apogon cyanosoma complex from the western Pacific, with notes on the status of A. wassinki Bleeker. Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 25(1-2):31-39. (Ref. 33415)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Ostorhinchus rubrimacula (Randall & Kulbicki, 1998)