| Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||
| Family: | Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) | ( not available ) | ||
| Order: | Kurtiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Cardinal fish | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: Portugal to Morocco and the Azores. Elsewhere, southward to Gulf of Guinea. | |||
| Adult biology: | Occasionally forms schools; sometimes solitary. Inhabits muddy or rocky bottoms and caves (Ref. 4738). A sciaphilous species thriving in a number of shady/dark habitats and frequents marine caves, where it forms large schools (Ref. 118281). Feeds on small invertebrates and fishes (Ref. 4738). Observed to feed in the water column and just over the bottom, always at night; 93.4% of observed events occurring outside the caves, usually on rocky bottoms and Posidonia oceanica meadows, and to a lesser extent on pebbles (Ref. 118281). Oral brooding by males (Ref. 4738). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Operculum with 1 long,thin spine in the upper part and preoperculum with 3 shorter thin spines. 1 supraorbital crest weakly marked. Fresh or newly fixed specimens are more or less red coloured. To a length of 5 mm 1-5 dorsal melanophores on the tail. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | subtropical; 45°N - 5°S | |||
| Main Ref: | Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65) | |||
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