- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- APOGONIDAE
- Pseudamia
- amblyuroptera
Whitejaw Cardinalfish, Pseudamia amblyuroptera (Bleeker 1856)
Other Names: Pearl-jawed Cardinalfish, White-jawed Cardinalfish
A Whitejaw Cardinalfish, Pseudamia amblyuroptera, at Madang, Papua New Guinea. Source: Gerald R. Allen / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A slender translucent dark greyish cardinalfish with the rear half of the upper jaw almost white, usually a small dark spot on the side of the maxilla, a pale golden chest and abdomen, brown spots on the head, a golden gill cover with close-set blackish spots forming broad dark stripes. The caudal fin base has a large, round, dark brown spot.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Pseudamia amblyuroptera in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4228
Whitejaw Cardinalfish, Pseudamia amblyuroptera (Bleeker 1856)
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Distribution |
Recorded from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland; elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical west Pacific. Inhabits shallow mangrove creeks and shallow inshore lagoon reefs and seagrass beds. |
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Species Citation |
Cheilodipterus amblyuropterus Bleeker 1856, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederlandsch Indië 11: 395. Type locality: Wahai, Ceram, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Whitejaw Cardinalfish, Pseudamia amblyuroptera (Bleeker 1856)
References
Allen, G.R. 1993. Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of three new species. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 20(1): 9-20.
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.
Bleeker, P. 1856. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Boeroe. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 11: 383-414.
Bleeker, P. 1860. Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Singapore. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 20: 446-456 (as Cheilodipterus polystigma)
Bleeker, P. 1874. Révision des espèces indo-archipélagiques du groupe des Apogonini. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Bataafsche Hollandsche Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 3 2(1): 1-82 (as Amia amblyuropterus).
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. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
Randall, J.E., Lachner, E.A. & Fraser, T.H. 1985. A revision of the Indo-Pacific apogonid fish genus Pseudamia, with descriptions of three new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 6: 1-23 pl. 1
Russell, B.C., Fraser, T.H. & Larson, H.K. 2010. Castelnau’s collection of Singapore fishes described by Pieter Bleeker. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(1): 93-102. See ref online, open access
