- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- APOGONIDAE
- Sphaeramia
- nematoptera
Pajama Cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker 1856)
Other Names: Coral Cardinalfish, Pyjama Cardinal
A Pajama Cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera, at Forbes Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, July 2015. Source: Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A striking cardinalfish with a yellowish head, a broad dark brown bar on the body, dark first dorsal and pelvic fins, purple spots on the rear of the body and a red bar through the iris.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2019, Sphaeramia nematoptera in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4237
Pajama Cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker 1856)
More Info
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Distribution |
Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west Pacific. Groups hover near branching corals in sheltered bays and lagoons. |
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Fisheries |
This popular aquarium fish has been reared in captivity. |
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Etymology |
The specific name nematophora is from the Greek nemos (thread) and pteron (fin or wing). |
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Species Citation |
Apogon nematopterus Bleeker, 1856, Acta Soc. Scient. Indo-Neerland. 1: 35. Type locality: Sulawesi, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Pajama Cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker 1856)
References
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Allen, G.R. 1999. Apogonidae. pp. 2602-2610 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds) The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21.
Bleeker, P. 1856. Beschrijvengen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Menado en Makassar grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur-Generaal Duymaer van Twist. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 1: 1-80
Fraser, T.H. 1972. Comparative osteology of the shallow water cardinal fishes (Perciformes : Apogonidae) with reference to the systematics and evolution of the family. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 34: 1-105 44 pls
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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. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
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.
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.
Rueger, T., Gardiner, N.M. & Jones, G.P. 2018. Site fidelity facilitates pair formation in aggregations of coral reef cardinalfish. Oecologia 186(2): 425-434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-4018-x
Rueger, T., Harrison, H.B., Jones, G.P., Mansour, H. & Berumen, M.L. 2014. Resolving genealogical relationships in the Pyjama cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera (Apogonidae) with 23 novel microsatellite markers. Conservation Genetics Resources DOI 10.1007/s12686-015-0461-3.
