FB-70538 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70538 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Bythitidae Meteoria Meteoria longidorsalis Nielsen, 2016 2024-03-11 2024-08-16 Fraser, T.H. and A.M. Prokofiev0 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not? Zootaxa 4144(2):227-242. (Ref. 110227) FB-GeneralDescr-70547 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-15 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70547 This species has been taken in shrimp trawls on muddy bottom. Most specimens were collected from 70-119 m, some from 40-60 m, in the main waterway of the Bay of Nha Trang (latter samples might have been pumped through canyons cutting out the outer shelf as proposed forother fish taxa collected from the unusually shallow depths in this area (Ref. 84063). No specimens or fragments of sea urchins commonly trawled together with Siphamia specimens. Year-to-year fluctuations in density of population were observed with this species present at 18 of 22 stations trawling eastward and southward of Pyramid Island in 2005 and 2007 and two of 17 stations sampled in 2006 and 2009-2012. All samples were made between April and July, and no specimens were collected during a winter monsoon season (October-January). It always appeared in groups of about 10-60 specimens per trawl, with many specimens having ripe ova or brooding eggs. The smallest, 1.45 cm SL was immature. The males with buccal enlargement suggestive of brooding eggs were 2.2-2.4 cm SL and showed loss of teeth on the vomer and palatines. A 2.3 cm SL male had approximately 280 orangish eggs, 0.5 mm in diameter. Females with developed ova were as small as 2.3 cm SL. The largest gravid female was 2.95 cm SL. No possible indications for commensal relationships of this species were present (Ref. 110227). Fraser, T.H. and A.M. Prokofiev 2016 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not? Zootaxa 4144(2):227-242. (Ref. 110227) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70547 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-15 00:00:00 2024-03-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70547 This miniature species (less than 3.0 cm SL) is distinguished by the following characters: with a large melanophore patch anterior to insertion of pelvic fin, extending forward on each side of isthmus, progressively thinning out; black stomach, anterior intestine pale with black spots black intestine from second bend; interior of lower gill chamber blackish with concentrated melanophores extending forward to dorsal part of isthmus; D VIII-I,9 with eighth dorsal spine visible, fourth dorsal spine longer than third; A II,8; first gill arch with 9 gill rakers (Ref. 110227). Fraser, T.H. and A.M. Prokofiev 2016 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not? Zootaxa 4144(2):227-242. (Ref. 110227) FB-Morphology-70547 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-15 00:00:00 2024-03-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70547 Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24 Fraser, T.H. and A.M. Prokofiev 2016 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not? Zootaxa 4144(2):227-242. (Ref. 110227) FB-Distribution-70547 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-15 00:00:00 2024-03-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70547 Western Pacific: South China Sea off Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Fraser, T.H. and A.M. Prokofiev 2016 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not? Zootaxa 4144(2):227-242. (Ref. 110227) FB-Uses-70547 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-15 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70547 fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-70547 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-15 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70547 2.95 cm SL (female) Fraser, T.H. and A.M. Prokofiev 2016 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not? Zootaxa 4144(2):227-242. (Ref. 110227) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70547 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-15 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70547 reef-associated; marine; depth range 40 - 119 m (Ref. 110227), usually 70 - 119 m (Ref. 110227) Fraser, T.H. and A.M. Prokofiev 2016 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not? Zootaxa 4144(2):227-242. (Ref. 110227) Fraser, T.H. and A.M. Prokofiev 2016 A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not? Zootaxa 4144(2):227-242. (Ref. 110227)