Taeniamia melasma, Blackspot cardinalfish

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Taeniamia melasma (Lachner & Taylor, 1960)

Blackspot cardinalfish
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Taeniamia: Name from feminine Latin noun 'taenia' meaning ribbon or band; and feminine Greek noun 'Amia' meaning a fish, often used with cardinalfishes genera. Here as Taeniamia referring to the vertical wide bars and near vertical to curved narrow bars as lines on most of the species in this genus..

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

seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 2 - 12 m (Ref. 90102). Subtropical

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Western Pacific: Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 90102); including Australia (Ref. 94127)..

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.6 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 90102)

Kurzbeschreibung Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt): 8; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt): 9; Afterflossenstacheln 2; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 14 - 19. Colour pale pinkish grey with black band under the eye; a large black spot above upper posterior edge of opercle; numerous narrow orange bars on side. Differs from T. biguttata in lacking the spot on the caudal-fin base and having a diffuse dark bar directly below the large spot above the gill cover (Ref. 90102).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Inhabits sheltered coastal reefs, often in silty areas. Forms small aggregagations, usually among branching Acropora corals (unlike Archamia biguttata which prefers caves and ledges) (Ref. 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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Fraser, T.H., 2013. A new genus of cardinalfish (Apogonidae: Percomorpha) redescription of Archamia and the resemblances and relationships with Kurtus (Kurtidae: Percomorpha). Zootaxa 3714(1):001-063. (Ref. 94127)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


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