Vanderbilt's Cardinalfish, Gymnapogon vanderbilti (Fowler 1938)

Summary:

A semi-transparent cardinalfish with a B-shaped dark mark on the base of the caudal fin.

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Bray, D.J. 2019, Gymnapogon vanderbilti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4227

Vanderbilt's Cardinalfish, Gymnapogon vanderbilti (Fowler 1938)

More Info

Distribution	Recorded from the Australian Territory of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific.
Etymology	The sepcies is named in honour of George W. Vanderbilt III, a yachtsman and explorer, who organized 1937 expedition to the South Pacific, during which type specimens were collected.
Species Citation	Acanthapogon vanderbilti Fowler 1938, Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 198, pl. 8(18). Type locality: Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Line Islands.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2019
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Vanderbilt's Cardinalfish, Gymnapogon vanderbilti (Fowler 1938)

References

Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91

Fowler, H.W. 1938. The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 1-349 figs 1-30 pls 1-12

Fraser, T.H. 2016. A new species of cardinalfish (Gymnapogon, Gymnapogonini, Apogonidae, Percomorpha) from the Philippines. Zootaxa 4107(3): 431-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.11

Kuiter, R.H. & Kozawa, T. 2019. Cardinalfishes of the world. 2nd Ed. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photograüphics and Okazaki, Aichi, Japan : Anthias, Nexus, 198 pp.

Lachner, E.A. 1953. Family Apogonidae : cardinal fishes. pp. 412-498 figs 69-84 pls 33-43 in Schultz, L.P., Herald, E.S., Lachner, E.A., Welander, A.D. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 1. Families Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(1): 1-685, figs 1-90, pls 1-74 https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.202.1open access

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 (suggested that Gymnapogon urospilotus may be a junior synonym).

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