Whiteline Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cavitensis (Jordan & Seale 1907)
Other Names: Cavite Cardinalfish, White-line Cardinalfish, Yellow Cardinal-fish
A Whiteline Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cavitensis, in the Dampier Marine Park, Western Australia. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A pale greyish cardinalfish with a brownish-yellow or ochre mid-lateral stripe from the snout through the eye to the caudal peduncle (outlined above and below with a fine white stripe), followed by a black spot on the middle of the caudal peduncle, and a narrow bright yellow line along the back. Juveniles have a yellow body with a pale head.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Ostorhinchus cavitensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4203
Whiteline Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cavitensis (Jordan & Seale 1907)
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Distribution |
Shark Bay, Western Australia, around the tropical north to Moreton Bay, southern Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, East-Indo-west Pacific: Singapore and Indonesia east to the Philippines, north to northern Vietnam, east to Tonga. Inhabits shallow inshore reefs, often among mangroves. |
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Etymology |
The species is named for the type locality, Cavite in the Philippines. |
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Species Citation |
Amia cavitensis Jordan & Seale 1907, Bull. Bur. Fish. (U.S.) for 1906 26: 16, fig. 5. Type locality: Cavite, Luzon Island, Philippines. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Whiteline Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cavitensis (Jordan & Seale 1907)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. (as Apogon cavitienis)
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Randall, J.E. 1993. Three new species of cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) from Australia and adjacent seas. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 19(4): 107-114 (described as Apogon virgulatus, type locality - south of Cleghorn Island, Kimberley District, Western Australia)
Allen, G.R. & Randall, J.E. 1995. Apogon virgulatus Allen et Randall, a junior synonym of Apogon cavitiensis (Jordan et Seale). Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 22(1/2): 10 (as Apogon cavitiensis)
Bearham, D., Strzelecki, J., Hara, A., Hosie, A., et al. 2022. Habitats and benthic biodiversity across a tropical estuarine-marine gradient in the eastern Kimberley region of Australia. Regional Studies in Marine Science 49: 102039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102039
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762. (as Apogon cavitensis)
Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1907. Fishes of the islands of Luzon and Panay. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1906 26: 1-48 figs 1-20 See ref at BHL
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. (as Apogon cf hartzfeldi)
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 Apogon cavitiensis)
Kuiter, R.H. & Kozawa, T. 2019. Cardinalfishes of the world. New edition. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics, and Okazaki, Aichi, Japan : Anthias, Nexus, 198 pp.
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
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. (as Apogon hartzfeldi)
