Species: Apogon planifrons, Pale cardinalfish
2 bars: under rear D2, end tail base, 2nd wider
fins clear
Apogon planifrons Longley & Hildebrand, 1940
Pale 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; 15 (rarely 14 or 16) 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; scales around tail base 15-16; lateral line scales not enlarged; lateral line complete, extends onto base of tail fin.
Head and body pink to silvery white, with a pink tint; 2 red to dark bars, a straight narrow 1 under rear of dorsal fin, a wider 1 at end of tail base; fins clear.
Reaches 10.5 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth: 3-30 m.
North Carolina to Brazil.
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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 + water column
- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Corals
- 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
- Brooded
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Extends South of GC
- Island (s)
- Continent
- GC non-endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
