Species: Apogon phenax, Mimic cardinalfish
bases D & A: red lines
Apogon phenax Bohlke & Randall, 1968
Mimic 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; 11-14 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 on center of nape before dorsal fin; lateral line scales not enlarged; 12-16 scales around tail base; lateral line complete, extends onto base of tail fin.
Head and body reddish; 2 dark bars: a triangular bar under rear of dorsal fin and front of tail base, a broad straight bar across end of tail base, those separated by a distance > width of the 2nd bar; often a dark red line along base of dorsal and anal fins; 1st dorsal often with white streaks on membranes between spines.
Reaches 8.1 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth: 3-50 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
- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Water column
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- 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
- Brooded
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent
- GC endemic
- Insular primarily
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 8.1
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
