Apogon aurolineatus
Bridle Cardinalfish
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes)
Apogon
Apogon aurolineatus (Bridle Cardinalfish)
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Characters
Jaws, vomer, and palatine have bands of villiform teeth. Preopercular ridge is smooth, and preopercular free margin is finely serrated and slightly expanded at angle, with fleshy posteroventral process extending slightly beyond its serrated margin. Gill rakers on first arch number 4 on upper limb and 10 or 11 on lower limb. Measurements are expressed as percent of SL: head length 33%–36%, snout length 7%–9%, eye diameter 10%–11%, upper jaw length 19%–20%, body depth 32%–35%. Pectoral fin has 12 rays, first dorsal fin has six slender spines, second dorsal fin has one spine and 9 rays, and anal fin has two spines and 8 rays. Caudal fin is emarginate. Scales are ctenoid and deciduous. Median predorsal scales number 5 or 6, and circumpeduncular scales number 16 to 18.
Color is pale pinkish to golden, with two dark bars radiating from below and behind eye and body marked by enlarged melanophores. Small black pigment spots on body.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from southern Florida and the Bahamas to northern South America, including the northern and southern Gulf of Mexico.
Habitat Associations
From the shoreline to 75 m. Includes grass beds and coral reefs.
Grass beds and coral reefs.
Biology
Maximum known size is 65 mm TL.
Most common in seagrass beds, but occurs from water's edge to 75 m depth. Commonly trawled on shallow shrimp grounds.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; bearers (external brooders). Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2011-03-20. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Hoese 1958
Böhlke and Randall 1968
Hoese and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1998
Ogren and Brusher 1977
Williams and Shipp 1980
Robins and Ray 1986
Boschung 1992
Cervigón 1993b
Gon 2002a
Thresher, R.E. (1984) Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p.
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986) A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
Hixon, M. (1993) Predation, prey refuges, and the structure of coral-reef fish assemblages. Ecol. Monogr. 63(1):77-101.
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