WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Flamefish

Apogon maculatus

Also known as: Flame Cardinal, Flame Cardinalfish, Nurseryfish, Spotted Cardinal, Spotted Cardinalfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@JolineCuracao · Curaçao - Caracasbaai, Curaçao · June 20201 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, during the day, sheltering in crevices, cracks, pilings, reef walls, sea walls, and shadowy areas around harbours, dispersing at night foraging for food over the reef, often in high energy zones.

Males incubate their eggs inside their mouths, as the egg masses increase in size they can be found with wide open mouths where they shift the eggs around to aerate the egg masses.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, during the day, sheltering in crevices, cracks, pilings, reef walls, sea walls, and shadowy areas around harbours, dispersing at night foraging for food over the reef, often in high energy zones.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderApogoniformes
    5. familyApogonidae
    6. genusApogon
    7. speciesApogon maculatus (Poey, 1860)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)