Naked Cardinalfish, Gymnapogon annona (Whitley 1936)
Other Names: Naked Cardinal-fish, Naked Soldier Fish
Illustration of the holotype of the Naked Cardinalfish, Gymnapogon annona. Source: Whitley (1936) Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(1): 49, Fig. 6. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A translucent pale yellowish cardinalfish with yellow fins and greenish-blue eyes.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Gymnapogon annona in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4225
Naked Cardinalfish, Gymnapogon annona (Whitley 1936)
More Info
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Distribution |
Known from scattered localities around Australia: Broome, Western Australia, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Timor Sea, Darwin, Northern Territory, and the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland. The species may also occur in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. |
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Features |
Soft dorsal-fin rays 9-10, Soft anal-fin rays 9-10; Pectoral fin 12-14, lower two and upper two rays unbranched. |
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Species Citation |
Australaphia annona Whitley 1936, Mem. Qld Mus. 11(1): 49, fig. 6. Type locality: Lindeman Island, Whitsunday Passage, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Naked Cardinalfish, Gymnapogon annona (Whitley 1936)
References
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Fraser, T.H. 2019. A new species of cardinalfish from Australia (Percomorpha: Apogonidae: Gymnapogon). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 32: 89-97. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2854383, open access
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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
Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp.
Whitley, G.P. 1936. More ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(1): 23-51 figs 1-6 pl. 4
