Perdix Cardinalfish, Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker 1854
Other Names: Waikiki Cardinalfish
A Perdix Cardinalfish, Apogonichthys perdix, from Waikiki, Hawaii. Source: John E. Randall / FishBase. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A small olive-brown cardinalfish with irregular dark spots and streaks, a dark line usually present from the eye to the origin of the lateral line, a stripe from the eye across part of the gill cover, and a small distinctive white spot at the end of the dorsal and anal fins, and a third on the middle of the caudal-fin base.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Apogonichthys perdix in Fishes of Australia, accessed 21 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1632
Perdix Cardinalfish, Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker 1854
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Distribution |
Shark Bay to Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island in the Timor Sea; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Usually inhabits shallow reefs, sheltering in weed and rubble areas. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VIII + 9; Anal fin II, 8; Gill rakers (developed) 5-7. |
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Species Citation |
Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker 1854, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 6: 321. Type locality: Flores, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Perdix Cardinalfish, Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker 1854
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21
Bleeker, P. 1854. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Flores. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 6: 311-338
Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S .J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219
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
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. 1998. Review of the cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 3(1): 25-38
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.
Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105
