Elusive Cardinalfish, Apogon fugax Gon, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann 2020


Summary:
A reddish-orange cardinalfish with somewhat darker scale margins, a ertical row of five black dots on the membrane between the 2nd and 3rd dorsal-fin spines, and faint dark dots of various sizes across the caudal peduncle immediately before the caudal-fin base.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Apogon fugax in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5564

Elusive Cardinalfish, Apogon fugax Gon, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann 2020

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Distribution

Trawled off North West Cape, Western Australia, depth 166 m. Elsewhere the species is known from the Red Sea and Myanmar.

Features

Dorsal fin VI+I,9; Anal fin II,8; Pectoral fin 12; Lateral-line scales ~ 24+3; Predorsal scales ~ 6–7; Gill rakers (total) 4 + 10–11); Developed gill rakers 2 + 9–10; Gill rakers on ceratobranchial 7.
Scales transforming ctenoid, one full size scale between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin, and 7 scales between lateral line and anal-fin origin; scales around caudal peduncle 12; lateral-line canal simple, narrow, and apparently lacking dorsal and ventral pores.

Etymology

The specific name is from the Latin fugax (= elusive) in reference to this new species avoiding discovery despite intensive collecting efforts in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

Species Citation

Apogon fugax Gon, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann 2020, Zootaxa 4896(4): 487, Fig. 1. Type locality: Off Jizan, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, 16°53.052'N, 42°21.122'E, depth 60-67 m.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2021

Resources

Catalog of Fishes

Elusive Cardinalfish, Apogon fugax Gon, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann 2020

References


Gon, O., Bogorodsky, S.V., Mal, A.O. & Alpermann, T.J. 2020. A new species of the cardinalfish genus Apogon (Teleostei, Apogonidae) from the southern Red Sea and Indian Ocean with comments on phylogenetic relationships within the Apogonini. Zootaxa 4896(4): 485-504 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.2

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37327192

Depth:54-166 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:6 cm SL

Species Maps

CAAB distribution map