Species: Apogon robbyi, Striped cardinalfish
~10 thin dark stripes
end tail base: diffuse dark spot
Apogon robbyi Gilbert & Tyler, 1997
Striped cardinalfish
Body oblong, compressed; head large, snout short; eye large; narrow between eyes (width 7.2-8.1% of SL); 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; 12-16 lower gill rakers; dorsal fin VI + I, 8; anal fin II, 8-9; inner pelvic ray mostly not attached to body; pectoral 12; tail fin slightly concave; body scales rough, similar size to lateral line scales; 3-8 scales on center of nape before dorsal fin; lateral line complete, extends onto base of tail fin.
Head and body translucent red to reddish bronze; body with ~10 thin dark stripes; a diffuse round dark spot at end of tail base that does not extend to the top and bottom of the tail base; fins yellowish.
Reaches 4.8 cm.
Lives with sponges and sea anemones in seagrass beds, and on rocky and rubble bottoms.
Depth: 1-74 m.
SE Florida, the central Caribbean; 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
- Bottom + water column
- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sponges
- Sand & gravel
- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Submerged vegetation
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Water column
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- 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..
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Continent
- 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4.8
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 74
