Painted Cardinalfish, Taeniamia fucata (Cantor 1850)
Other Names: Narrow-lined Cardinalfish, Orangelined Cardinalfish, Orange-lined Cardinalfish, Painted Cardinal, Red-barred Cardinalfish
A Painted Cardinalfish, Taeniamia fucata, at Hudson Island, Family Islands, Queensland. Source: Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A semitransparent greyish cardinalfish with an orange head, close-set narrow orange somewhat vertical lines along side, a large black spot on the caudal peduncle, two blue stripes on the snout to the eye, and a white tip on the anal fin.
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Dianne J. Bray, Taeniamia fucata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4210
Painted Cardinalfish, Taeniamia fucata (Cantor 1850)
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Distribution |
Off Tantabiddi Creek, WA, to Escape Reef, QLD, Scott Reef, WA, and Ashmore and Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea. Occurs elsewhere in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits coastal reefs and reef lagoons. A nocturnal species that usually forming dense aggregations above branching corals or at cave entrances during the day. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VII + I, 9; Anal fin II, 15-18; Pectoral fin 13-15; Lateral lie scales 25; Gill rakers (first arch incl rudiments) 4-8 + 14-18. |
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Species Citation |
Apogon fucatus Cantor, 1850, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 18(2): 986. Type locality: Sea of Penang, Malaysia. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Painted Cardinalfish, Taeniamia fucata (Cantor 1850)
References
Allen, G.R. 1993. Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of three new species. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 20(1): 9-20. (as Archamia fucata)
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. (as Archamia fucata)
Allen, G.R. 2009. Field Guide to Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-East Asia. Welshpool : Western Australian Museum Edn. 4, pp. 287. (as Archamia fucata)
Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Family Apogonidae. pp. 1081-1112 in Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. (as Archamia fucata)
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. (as Archamia fucata)
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 Archamia fucata)
Cantor, T.E. 1850. Catalogue of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18(2): 983-1443 pls 1-14 [dated 1849]
Coleman, N. 1981. Australian Sea Fishes North of 30°S. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 297 pp. (as Archamia fucata)
Fraser, T.H. 2013. A new genus of cardinalfish (Apogonidae: Percomorpha), redescription of Archamia and resemblances and relationships with Kurtus (Kurtidae: Percomorpha). Zootaxa 3714(1): 1–63. (as Archamia fucata)
Gon, O. & Randall, J.E. 2003. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Archamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae), with description of a new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 35: 1-49. (as Archamia fucata)
Hutchins, B. 2004. Fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 343–398. (as Archamia fucata)
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 Archamia fucata)
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. (as Archamia fucata)
Lachner, E.A. 1951. Studies of certain apogonid fishes from the Indo-Pacific, with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 101(3290): 581-610 fig. 105 pls 17-19 (as Archamia fucata)
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 Archamia fucata)
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. (as Archamia fucata)
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 Archamia fucata)
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 Archamia fucata)
