- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- APOGONIDAE
- Ostorhinchus
- leptofasciatus
Ostorhinchus leptofasciatus (Allen 2001)
A Slenderline Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus leptofasciatus, in the Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, indonesia. Source: Gerald R. Allen / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A light coppery-mauve cardinalfish with a broad black stripe on the snout through the eye, a narrow brown stripe above the eye, a whitish lower head, a black oval-shaped bar on the caudal peduncle, a black anterior margin on first dorsal fin, and a black stripe along the anal and second dorsal-fin bases.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Ostorhinchus leptofasciatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4966
Ostorhinchus leptofasciatus (Allen 2001)
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from inshore reefs near Cape Bowling Green, Queensland. The species occurs elsewhere in the Philippines and West Papua, Indonesia. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VII + I, 9; Anal fin II, 8; Vertebrae: 24. Predorsal scales 3-4. Preopercular margin minutely serrate; preopercular ridge mainly smooth except a few weak crenations on lower portion; body depth 3.0-3.2 in SL. |
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Etymology |
The specific name leptofasciatus is from the Greek leptos (= fine, thin, delicate) and Latin fasciatus (= banded) in reference to the narrow black stripes along the upper side. |
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Species Citation |
Apogon leptofasciatus Allen,2001, Aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 4(4): 145, fig. 1. Type locality: Wruwarez Island, 0°47.103'S, 130°45.865E, off Batanta Island, Raja Ampat Islands, Irian Jaya Province, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Ostorhinchus leptofasciatus (Allen 2001)
References
Allen, G.R. 2001. Two new species of cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) from the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 4(4): 143-149.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
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.
