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Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856 
AphiaID: 209334

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Apogon (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856)
Rank Species
Parent Apogon Lacepède, 1801
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Seychelles. Ichthyological Bulletin 22. [details]

basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English iridescent cardinalfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cargados Carajos [details]
Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Rodriguez [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs in clear water lagoon patch reefs and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of 45 m. Generally found solitary in crevices. Feeds at night on small benthic and free-swimming crustaceans (Ref. 1602). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209334
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 14:26:18Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209334 on 2013-05-25
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