Frostfin Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus hoevenii (Bleeker 1854)
Other Names: Flag-fin Cardinal
A Frostfin Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus hoevenii, at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, January 2020. Source: Anne Hoggett / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A brownish cardinalfish with a yellowish head, a white margin on the rear of the spinous dorsal fin, and a small white spot on the upper body below the last dorsal-fin ray.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Ostorhinchus hoevenii in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1615
Frostfin Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus hoevenii (Bleeker 1854)
More Info
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Distribution |
Found on the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. The species forms small groups amongst corals, sea urchins, crinoids and algae. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of Bleeker’s Dutch colleague, zoologist Jan van der Hoeven. (The ETYFish Project, http://www.etyfish.org/kurtiformes) |
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Species Citation |
Apogon hoevenii Bleeker 1854, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederlandsch Indië 6: 483. Type locality: Ambon Island, Moluccas, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Frostfin Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus hoevenii (Bleeker 1854)
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.
Bleeker, P. 1854. Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 6: 455-508. See ref at BHL
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls.
Kuiter, R.H. & Kozawa, T. 2019. Cardinalfishes of the world. New ed. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics, and Okazaki, Aichi, Japan : Anthias, Nexus, 198 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.
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.
Scharpf, C. & Lazara, K.J. Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes) in The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. accessed 08 Jan 2020, http://www.etyfish.org/kurtiformes/
