Lea's Cardinalfish, Taeniamia leai Waite 1916
Lea's Cardinalfish, Taeniamia leai, at Cook Island, northern New South Wales, 21 Aug 2012. Source: Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Taeniamia leai in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1633
Lea's Cardinalfish, Taeniamia leai Waite 1916
More Info
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Distribution |
Known from Eastern Australia, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia. Occurs in groups amongst branching corals on shallow coastal and lagoon reefs. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VII + I, 9; Anal fin II, 12-14; Pectoral fin 14-15 (rarely 16): Gill rakers 5-7 + 16-19 (total 22-26); Lateral-line scales 25 + 2-3: Median predorsal scales 4 (rarely 3). Body depth 2.5-2.8 in SL; body width 2.05-2.8 in body depth; eye diameter 2.3-2.8 in head length; first dorsal spine 3.6 or more in length of second spine; second dorsal spine 2.9-4.4, and third dorsal spine 2.1-2.5 in head length; spine of second dorsal fin 2.25-2.8, and second anal spine 2.4-3.2 in head length; pelvic-fin length 4.4-5.0 in SL; caudal-peduncle depth 1.6-2.0in its length, and caudal-peduncle length 4.2-4.6 in SL; distance from insertion of pelvic spine to anal-fin origin 4.1-5.3 in SL. Posterior preopercular edge completely serrate or nearly so; ventral preopercular edge completely serrate; exposed posttemporal edge smooth. Scaly sheath along anal-fin base poorly developed or absent. |
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Species Citation |
Archamia leai Waite, 1916, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. A. 40: 455, pl. 45. Type locality: Norfolk Island. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
Lea's Cardinalfish, Taeniamia leai Waite 1916
References
Kuiter, R.H. & Kozawa, T. 2019. Cardinalfishes of the world. New ed. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics, and Okazaki, Aichi, Japan : Anthias, Nexus: 1-198.
Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203
Marnane, M.J. & Bellwood, D.R. 2002. Diet and norturnal foraging in cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) at One Tree Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 231: 261-268. doi:10.3354/meps231261 (as Archamia leai)
