Timor Cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854)


Other Names: Timor Cardinal

A Timor Cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis, in Lighthouse Bay, North West Cape, Western Australia, June 2019. Source: Glen Whisson / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:
A small brownish cardinalfish with two broad (sometimes faint) dark bars on the body, and a third dark bar sometimes on the rear of the caudal peduncle, a blackish tip on the first-dorsal fin, and a narrow dark bar from the eye angled across the cheek.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Apogonichthyoides timorensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 28 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4105

Timor Cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854)

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Distribution

Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia and Ashmore and Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea, to the Southport Seaway, southern Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific - Red Sea and southern Oman to South Africa, and east to southern Japan and northern Australia.

Features

Dorsal fin VII + I,9; Anal fin II,8; Pectoral-fin 15–17; Pelvic fin I,5; Caudal fin (principal rays) 1 + 8-7 + 1; Lateral-line scales (pored) 24; Transverse scale rows above lateral line 2, one large, one small; Transverse scale rows below lateral line 6; Median predorsal scales 3; Circum-peduncular scale rows 12 as 5+2+5; Gill rakers (total & rudiments) 15–17, well developed 6–9, upper arch 2-3+1, lower arch 5-8+4-7; second gill arch with small tooth patches or low rudiments; Vertebrae 10+14. (Fraser & Allen 2010)

Colour

Body brownish with or without two broad darker bars on the body, a blackish tip on the first-dorsal fin, a narrow darkish diagonal bar from the eye across the cheek, a pale bar behind the second dorsal and anal fins, a dark brown blotch on the lower part of the gill cover, and a small dark spot behind the top part of the eye.

Etymology

The species is named timorensis for Timor Island, the type locality.

Species Citation

Apogon timorensis Bleeker 1854, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indië 6: 207. Type locality: Koepang, Timor Island [Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Timor Sea, eastern Indian Ocean].

Author

Bray, D.J. 2021

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Timor Cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854)

References


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

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

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. (as Apogon darnleyensis)

Alleyne, H.G. & Macleay, W.J. 1877. The ichthyology of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(3–4): 261-281, 321-359, pls 3-9, 10-17 (described as Apogon darnleyensis) See ref at BHL 

Bleeker, P. 1854. Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Timor. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 6: 203-214. See ref at BHL

Fraser, T.H. 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. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[137:ANSOCP]2.0.CO;2 (as Apogon timorensis)

Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. 2010. Cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides Smith, 1949 (Apogonidae) with a description of a new species from the West-Pacific region. Zootaxa 2348: 40-56. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2348.1.3

Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. 2011. A new cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from Raja Ampat Islands, with a key to species. Zootaxa 3095: 63-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3095.1.6

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6 (as Apogon timorensis)

Hutchins, B. 2004. Fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 343–398. (as Apogon timorensis)

Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) 

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. (as Apogon timorensis)

Kuiter, R.H. & Kozawa, T. 2019. Cardinalfishes of the world. New ed. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics, and Okazaki, Aichi, Japan : Anthias, Nexus: 1-198.

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. 

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.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. (as Apogon darnleyensis)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. (as Apogon darnleyensis)

Randall, J.E. & Fraser, T.H. 1999. Clarification of the western Pacific cardinalfish species Apogon trimculatus and A. rhodopterus, with description of a similar new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(2): 617-633 figs 1-5 pls 1-3 (as Apogon darnleyensis)

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37327077

Biology:Mouth brooders (males)

Depth:1-15 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:7 cm TL

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