Cook's Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cookii (Macleay 1881)
Other Names: Cook's Soldierfish, Cook's Soldier-fish
Cook's Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cookii, in the Dampier Marine Park, Western Australia. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A cardinalfish with 5-6 yellowish-brown to dark brown stripes, including an incomplete stripe from the upper rear corner of the eye to below the second-dorsal fin, the midlateral stripe ending in a distinct black spot on the tail base.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Ostorhinchus cookii in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4619
Cook's Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cookii (Macleay 1881)
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Distribution |
Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island in the Timor Sea, around the tropical north to the Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea, Queensland, and south to the Solitary Islands, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa east to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, and south to Queensland and New Caledonia. Nocturnal, shelters beneath ledges on rocky and coral reefs during the day. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VII + I, 9; Anal fin II, 8; Pectoral fin 14; Pelvic fin I, 5; Lateral line (pored scales) 24; Predorsal scales 3-4; Circumpeduncular scales 12; Gill rakers (total) 18-20, developed rakers 12-13. Greatest depth of body 2.5-2.8 in SL. |
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Similar Species |
The similar Pearly-line Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus taeniophorus, lacks a spot on the tail base, and has a shorter stripe behind the upper rear of the eye. While, the Broadstripe Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus angustatus, has a black spot on the tail base, but lacks a short stripe behind the upper rear of the eye. |
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Etymology |
The species is presumably named in honour of Captain James Cook, who named the Endeavour River, Queensland (the type locality) when his ship, the HMS Endeavour, was repaired there after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef in 1770. |
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Species Citation |
Apogon cookii Macleay 1881, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(3): 344. Type locality: Endeavour River and Erub [Darnley Island], Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Resources |
Cook's Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cookii (Macleay 1881)
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