Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906)


Other Names: Dotted Cardinalfish

A Dotted Cardinalfish, Fowleria isostigma, at Bua, Fiji, November 2016. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike


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Dianne J. Bray, Fowleria isostigma in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4863

Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906)

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Distribution

Known from the Australian territories of  Cocos (Keeling) Island and Ashmore & Cartier Islands, and from Scott Reef, Western Australia, to Darwin, Northern Territory, and from Cape York to the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere in the East-Indo-west-central Pacific.

Inhabits muddy bottoms at 1-15 m.

Species Citation

Apogonichthys isostigma Jordan & Seale, Bull. Bureau Fish. (U.S.) for 1905 25: 251, fig. 45.

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906)

References


Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Family Apogonidae. pp. 1081-1112 in Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. (as Fowleria variegata, in part)  

Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21  

Gon, O. & Bogorodsky, S.V. 2010. The cardinalfish Fowleria isostigma in the Red Sea and the validity of F. punctulata (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 2677: 27–37 (Cocos (Keeling) Island)  

Gon, O. & Randall, J.E. 2003. A review of the Cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Red Sea. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 1: 1-47.

Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1906. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1905 25: 173-455 figs 1-111 pls 33-53.

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. (as Fowleria punctulata)  

Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English ed. I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866.

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. (as Fowleria punctulata)

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37327170

Depth:1-15 m

Habitat:Reefs, muddy bottoms

Max Size:7 cm DL

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