- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- APOGONIDAE
- Jaydia
- argyrogaster
Silvermouth Siphonfish, Jaydia argyrogaster (Weber 1909)
Other Names: Brown-spotted Cardinalfish
A Silvermouth Siphonfish, Jaydia argyrogaster, at Fakfak Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Source: Gerald R. Allen / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A pale brown to silvery cardinalfish with large brown spots on the sides and distinct brown bands radiating from rear of the eye.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2021, Jaydia argyrogaster in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4964
Silvermouth Siphonfish, Jaydia argyrogaster (Weber 1909)
More Info
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Distribution |
North West Shelf, Western Australia, to north of Yeppoon, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. Shelters among rocks, gorgonians and sponges on flat sand and rubble areas. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VIl-I,9; Anal fin II,8; Pectoral fin 15-16; Lateral-line scales 24; Predorsal scales 2-3; Developed gill rakers 8-9. Greatest body depth 2.9-3.5 in SL; preopercular margin serrate; preopercular ridge smooth. |
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Colour |
Overall pale with 3-4 horizontal rows of large brown spots on side, belly silvery, 3-4 narrow lines radiating from rear half of eye, and fins pale to dusky. |
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Fisheries |
Occasionally taken as trawl bycatch. |
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Remarks |
Previously referred to in the literature prior to 2012 as Siphamia argyrogaster [in Paxton et al 1989]; Apogon fuscomaculatus Allen & Morrison, 1996; Apogon argyrogaster. |
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Etymology |
The specific name argyrogaster is from the Greek argyros (= silver) and gaster (= belly) in reference top the silvery internal pigment of the abdomen (the light organ). |
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Species Citation |
Apogon argyrogaster Weber 1909, Notes from the Leyden Museum 31(2): 159. Type locality: west coast of New Guinea, depth 32 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Resources |
Silvermouth Siphonfish, Jaydia argyrogaster (Weber 1909)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Morrison, S. 1996. A new species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 439-442 (described as Apogon fuscomaculatus) See ref online
Gon, O. 1997. Revision of the cardinalfish subgenus Jaydia (Perciformes, Apogonidae, Apogon) in Skelton, P.H. & Lutjeharms, J.R.E. (eds), The J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology - 50 years. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 51(1996): 147–194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00359199609520605
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. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
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
Weber, M. 1909. Note IV. Diagnosen neuer Fische der Siboga-Expedition. Notes from the Leyden Museum 31(2): 143-169
