- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- APOGONIDAE
- Cheilodipterus
- parazonatus
Mimic Cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon 1993
Other Names: Mimic Cardinal
A Mimic Cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus parazonatus, at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A pale greenish to brownish-grey cardinalfish with a white-edged black stripe running from the snout and tapering to a point on the middle of the tail.
Unlike most cardinalfishes, this species swims in open water, mimicing the One-striped fangblenny, Meiacanthus vittatus (a species not found in Australian waters).
Unlike most cardinalfishes, this species swims in open water, mimicing the One-striped fangblenny, Meiacanthus vittatus (a species not found in Australian waters).
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Cheilodipterus parazonatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Jun 2023, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1637
Mimic Cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon 1993
More Info
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Distribution |
Northern Great Barrier Reef to Lizard Island area, Queensland; also reefs in the Coral Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical west-Pacific. |
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Etymology |
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. Gon, O. 1993. Revision of the cardinalfish genus Cheilodipterus (Perciformes: Apogonidae), with description of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 22: 1-59 |
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Species Citation |
Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon 1993, Indo-Pacific Fishes 22: 37, pl. 5C, figs 14-15. Type locality: Kranket Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
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Resources |
Mimic Cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon 1993
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Gon, O. 1993. Revision of the cardinalfish genus Cheilodipterus (Perciformes: Apogonidae), with description of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 22: 1-59.
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. (as Cheilodipterus zonatus)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. (as Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus)
Mabuchi, K., T.H. Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma & M. Nishida. 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 Cheilodipterus zonatus)
