Creamspotted Cardinalfish, Ozichthys albimaculosus Kailola 1976

Other Names: Cream-spotted Cardinal-fish, White-spot Cardinalfish

Summary:

This species was previously known as Apogon albimaculosus, or Foa albimaculosa.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Ozichthys albimaculosus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3486

Creamspotted Cardinalfish, Ozichthys albimaculosus Kailola 1976

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Distribution	Port Hedland, Western Australia, to Bowen, Queensland; also in New Guinea. Occurs on inshore soft bottom habitats.
Species Citation	Apogon albimaculosus Kailola, 1976, Rec. Aust. Mus. 30(8): 131, fig. 1. Type locality: between Gloucester Island and Bowen, Queensland.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Creamspotted Cardinalfish, Ozichthys albimaculosus Kailola 1976

References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. (as Apogon albimaculosus)

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. (as Foa albimaculosa)

Blaber, S.J.M., Brewer, D.T. & Harris, A.N. 1994. Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45(3): 375-396.(as Apogon albimaculosus)

Fraser, T. 2006. A new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae: Apogon) from New Caledonia, with comments and a key to related species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(1): 137-142. (as Apogon albimaculosus)

Fraser, T.H. 2014. A new genus of cardinalfish from tropical Australia and southern New Guinea (Percomorpha: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 3852(2): 283–293 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3852.2.7. Abstract

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (as Apogon albimaculosus)

Kailola, P.J. 1976. A new species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from northern Queensland and Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 30(8): 129-136 DOI:10.3853/j.0067-1975.30.1976.396 Open access

Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293. (as Apogon albimaculosus)

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. (as Apogon albimaculosus)

Mabuchi, K., T.H. Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma & M. Nishida. 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. (as Foa albimaculosa)

Ramm, D.C., P.J. Pender, R.S. Willing & R.C. Buckworth. 1990. Large-scale spatial patterns of abundance within the assemblage of fish caught by prawn trawlers in Northern Australian waters.Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 41(1): 79-95. (as Apogon albimaculosus)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. (as Apogon albimaculosus)