Guam cardinalfish (Apogon guamensis)

Scientific name: Apogon guamensis Valenciennes, 1832

The Guam cardinalfish (Apogon guamensis) is a marine fish of the family Apogonidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.

Biology

Common in reef flats and shallow lagoons, but hiding by day within Acropora thickets and other corals, as well as in holes and crevices and emerging at night to forage on free-swimming invertebrates

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Apogon guamensis
Family
Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
10.0
Depth range
1–5 m (3–16 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 5 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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