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Apogon leptacanthus Bleeker, 1856 
AphiaID: 209349

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Apogon (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Zoramia leptacantha (Bleeker, 1856)
Rank Species
Parent Apogon Lacepède, 1801
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English threadfin cardinalfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Djibouti [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To FishBase
To ITIS
Note  Description: Dense aggregations (often mixed with other species) are found above mounds of the branching corals @Porites cylindrica@ and @P. andrewsi@ in sheltered, often turbid bays and lagoons (Ref. 1602). Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300) <111>. Size 3.75 cm Smith (1963). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209349
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-06-24 15:47:59Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-13 07:19:12Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 10:48:02Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Apogon leptacanthus Bleeker, 1856. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209349 on 2013-05-25
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