Timor Cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854)
Other Names: Timor Cardinal
A Timor Cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis, in Lighthouse Bay, North West Cape, Western Australia, June 2019. Source: Glen Whisson / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A small brownish cardinalfish with two broad (sometimes faint) dark bars on the body, and a third dark bar sometimes on the rear of the caudal peduncle, a blackish tip on the first-dorsal fin, and a narrow dark bar from the eye angled across the cheek.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Apogonichthyoides timorensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4105
Timor Cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854)
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Distribution |
Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia and Ashmore and Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea, to the Southport Seaway, southern Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific - Red Sea and southern Oman to South Africa, and east to southern Japan and northern Australia. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VII + I,9; Anal fin II,8; Pectoral-fin 15–17; Pelvic fin I,5; Caudal fin (principal rays) 1 + 8-7 + 1; Lateral-line scales (pored) 24; Transverse scale rows above lateral line 2, one large, one small; Transverse scale rows below lateral line 6; Median predorsal scales 3; Circum-peduncular scale rows 12 as 5+2+5; Gill rakers (total & rudiments) 15–17, well developed 6–9, upper arch 2-3+1, lower arch 5-8+4-7; second gill arch with small tooth patches or low rudiments; Vertebrae 10+14. (Fraser & Allen 2010) |
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Colour |
Body brownish with or without two broad darker bars on the body, a blackish tip on the first-dorsal fin, a narrow darkish diagonal bar from the eye across the cheek, a pale bar behind the second dorsal and anal fins, a dark brown blotch on the lower part of the gill cover, and a small dark spot behind the top part of the eye. |
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Etymology |
The species is named timorensis for Timor Island, the type locality. |
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Species Citation |
Apogon timorensis Bleeker 1854, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indië 6: 207. Type locality: Koepang, Timor Island [Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Timor Sea, eastern Indian Ocean]. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Resources |
Timor Cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. (as Apogon darnleyensis)
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
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 Apogon darnleyensis)
Alleyne, H.G. & Macleay, W.J. 1877. The ichthyology of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(3–4): 261-281, 321-359, pls 3-9, 10-17 (described as Apogon darnleyensis) See ref at BHL
Bleeker, P. 1854. Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Timor. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 6: 203-214. See ref at BHL
Fraser, T.H. 2006. A new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae: Apogon) from New Caledonia, with comments and a key to related species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(1): 137-142. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[137:ANSOCP]2.0.CO;2 (as Apogon timorensis)
Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. 2010. Cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides Smith, 1949 (Apogonidae) with a description of a new species from the West-Pacific region. Zootaxa 2348: 40-56. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2348.1.3
Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. 2011. A new cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from Raja Ampat Islands, with a key to species. Zootaxa 3095: 63-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3095.1.6
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 Apogon timorensis)
Hutchins, B. 2004. Fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 343–398. (as Apogon timorensis)
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. (as Apogon timorensis)
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Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds) The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 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. (as Apogon darnleyensis)
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 Apogon darnleyensis)
Randall, J.E. & Fraser, T.H. 1999. Clarification of the western Pacific cardinalfish species Apogon trimculatus and A. rhodopterus, with description of a similar new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(2): 617-633 figs 1-5 pls 1-3 (as Apogon darnleyensis)
