WoRMS taxon details
Apogon coccineus Rüppell, 1838
209326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209326)
accepted
Species
Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
Description Occurs in sheltered reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of 17 m or more. Feeds on small benthic crustaceans...
Description Occurs in sheltered reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of 17 m or more. Feeds on small benthic crustaceans at night; cryptic under rocks or deep holes by day (Ref. 1602). Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300) <111> Size: 5 cm <130>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apogon coccineus Rüppell, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209326 on 2025-07-01
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2000-09-13 07:19:12Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
original description (of Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935) Ebina, K. (1935). Descriptions of two new fishes from Kominato, Prov. Bôsyû. <em>Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute Tokyo.</em> 30 (3): 211-217. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935) Ebina, K. (1935). Descriptions of two new fishes from Kominato, Prov. Bôsyû. <em>Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute Tokyo.</em> 30 (3): 211-217. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in sheltered reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of 17 m or more. Feeds on small benthic crustaceans at night; cryptic under rocks or deep holes by day (Ref. 1602). Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300) <111> Size: 5 cm <130>. [details]Publication date Year of description 1835 in Smith (1961) and Smith & Smith (1963). [details]
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apogon coccineus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935)
To FishBase images (Apogon coccineus, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon coccineus FIN026297 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon coccineus USNM 376670 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apogon coccineus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Apogon kominatoensis Ebina, 1935)
To FishBase images (Apogon coccineus, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon coccineus FIN026297 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon coccineus USNM 376670 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
