Species: Apogon lachneri, Whitestar cardinalfish

D1: dark behind spine II
D2 & A: front tips dark

Apogon lachneri Bohlke, 1959
Whitestar 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; 16-17 lower 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; 3-8 scales present on center of nape before dorsal fin; lateral line scales not enlarged; lateral line complete, extends onto base of tail fin.
Pink to salmon; a bright white spot (bordered before, and sometimes behind, by a black spot) on top of tail base immediately behind 2nd dorsal fin; a large dark area behind spine II on the 1st dorsal; front tips of 2nd dorsal and anal fins dark.
Reaches 6.5 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth: 5-106 m.
The Bahamas to the S Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Near Bottom
- Mid Water
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Reef and soft bottom
- Rocks
- Water column
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species..
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 6.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 106