Species: Zapogon evermanni, Oddscale cardinalfish
end D base: black spot before white spot
Zapogon evermanni (Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
Oddscale cardinalfish
Body oblong, compressed; head large, snout short; eye large; moderately large oblique mouth that opens at the front; top jaw wide, partly concealed when mouth is closed, scaleless; jaws with bands of small teeth, no canines; front and sides of roof of mouth with a band of small teeth; preopercle serrated, lower membranous flap not extending beyond edge of preoperculum; 4-6 + 15-17 gill rakers; dorsal fin VI + I, 9; anal fin II, 8; inner pelvic ray mostly not attached to body; pectoral 12; tail fin slightly concave; body scales rough, smaller than lateral line scales; 24 lateral line scales; 10-12 scales present on center of nape before dorsal fin; lateral line complete, extends onto base of tail fin.
Red; often 3 pale bars on body- between 2 dorsal fins, just behind 2nd dorsal fin and middle of tail base; a dark red-brown stripe from snout through eye and across operculum; a black spot with a white spot immediately behind it at end of base of 2nd dorsal fin; stomach and intestine black.
Reaches 15 cm.
Reefs.
Depth: 3-250 m.
Indo-central Pacific and E and W Atlantic; the Bahamas to the S Caribbean.
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
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- Mid Water
- Bottom + water column
- Bottom
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Water column
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
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- Zooplankton
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- Data
- Brooded
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- All species
- GC non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 250
