Pinstripe Cardinalfish, Fibramia lateralis (Valenciennes 1832)
Other Names: Coastal Cardinalfish, Humpback Cardinal, Mangrove Cardinalfish
A Pinstripe Cardinalfish, Fibramia lateralis, at Guam. Source: David Burdick / http://guamreeflife.com. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A pale silvery cardinalfish with a narrow mid-lateral stripe extending from a small dusky spot on the upper part of the gill cover to at, or before a small black spot or ocellus on the caudal peduncle. The Pinstripe Cardinalfish also has dark leading edges on both dorsal fins, a dusky sub-basal stripe on the anal fin and second dorsal fin, and a relatively deep body with a slightly concave head profile.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Fibramia lateralis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4617
Pinstripe Cardinalfish, Fibramia lateralis (Valenciennes 1832)
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Distribution |
The Kimberley coast, Western Australia, and the Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the Indo-west Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes), east to Micronesia, Tonga and Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Small aggregations inhabit algal-covered coral rubble areas on shallow sheltered inshore reefs and in mangrove lined estuaries and creeks. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI + I, 9; Anal fin II, 8; Pectoral fin 14. Body relatively deep; head profile slightly concave. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on benthic invertebrates and small fishes. |
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Biology |
Cardinalfishes form distinct breeding pairs and males brood the eggs in their mouths. |
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Remarks |
The species is tolerant of a range of salinites, occurring in habitats ranging from the lower freshwater reaches of streams, to mangrove-lined estuaries and shallow inshore reefs. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin lateralis (= of the side, or belonging to the side), presumably in reference to the narrow dark mid-lateral stripe of this species. |
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Species Citation |
Apogon lateralis Valenciennes 1832, Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1: 58. Type locality: Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands (as Vanicolo). |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Resources |
Pinstripe Cardinalfish, Fibramia lateralis (Valenciennes 1832)
References
Allen, G.R. 1993. Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of three new species. Revue française d'aquariologie 20(1): 9-20. (as Apogon lateralis)
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. (as Apogon lateralis)
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. (as Ostorhinchus lateralis)
Dela Paz, R. & Aragones, N. 1985. Mangrove fishes of Pagbilao (Quezon Province, Luzon Island), with notes on their abundance and seasonality. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin 37(2): 171-190. (as Apogon lateralis)
Fraser, T.H. & Lachner, E.A. 1989. A revision of the cardinalfish subgenera Pristiapogon and Zoramia (genus Apogon) of the Indo-Pacific region (Teleostei: Apogonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 412: i-iii + 1-47 (as Apogon lateralis)
Gon, O. 2012. Ostorhinchus lateralis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T155273A729102. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T155273A729102.en. Downloaded on 30 May 2021.
Kuiter, R.H. & Kozawa, T. 2019. Cardinalfishes of the world. New ed. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics, and Okazaki, Aichi, Japan : Anthias, Nexus: 1-198.
Kuiter, R.H. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels - Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Australia : Zoonetics pp. 1-302. (as Apogon lateralis)
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 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1
Moore, G.I., Morrison, S.M., Hutchins, J.B., Allen, G.R. & Sampey, A. 2014. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: fishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 84: 161–206. https://doi.org/10.18195/ issn.0313-122x.84.2014.161-206
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 720 pp. (as Ostorhinchus lateralis)
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. (as Apogon lateralis)
Valenciennes, A. 1832. Descriptions de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de poissons du genre Apogon. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1: 51-60, Pl. 4. See ref at BHL
