Cardinalfish
The Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) is a small tropical cardinalfish (family Apogonidae). It is the sole member of the genus Pterapogon, with the exception of Pterapogon mirifica. This attractive fish is popular in the aquarium trade. It is among the relatively few marine fish to have been bred regularly in captivity, but significant numbers are still captured in the wild and it is now an endangered species.[1]
This species is restricted to the Banggai Islands of Indonesia.[2] This species has an extremely limited geographic range (5,500 km²) and small total population size (estimated at 2.4 million).[3] The Banggai cardinalfish is composed of isolated populations concentrated around the shallows of 17 large and 10 small islands within the Banggai Archipelago. A small population also occurs off Central Sulawesi, within Luwuk harbor. One additional population has become established in the Lembeh Strait (North Sulawesi), 400 km north of the natural area of the species distribution, following introduction by aquarium fish traders in 2000.[3]
This species grows up to 8 centimetres (3 in) total length. It is easily differentiated from all other cardinalfish by its tasseled first dorsal fin, elongate anal and second dorsal fin rays, deeply forked caudal fin, and color pattern consisting of three black bars across the head and body and prominent black anterior edges on the anal and second dorsal fin.[3] The male can be differentiated from the female by a conspicuous enlarged oral cavity, which is apparent only when they are brooding.[3]
This species is restricted to the Banggai Islands of Indonesia.[2] This species has an extremely limited geographic range (5,500 km²) and small total population size (estimated at 2.4 million).[3] The Banggai cardinalfish is composed of isolated populations concentrated around the shallows of 17 large and 10 small islands within the Banggai Archipelago. A small population also occurs off Central Sulawesi, within Luwuk harbor. One additional population has become established in the Lembeh Strait (North Sulawesi), 400 km north of the natural area of the species distribution, following introduction by aquarium fish traders in 2000.[3]
This species grows up to 8 centimetres (3 in) total length. It is easily differentiated from all other cardinalfish by its tasseled first dorsal fin, elongate anal and second dorsal fin rays, deeply forked caudal fin, and color pattern consisting of three black bars across the head and body and prominent black anterior edges on the anal and second dorsal fin.[3] The male can be differentiated from the female by a conspicuous enlarged oral cavity, which is apparent only when they are brooding.[3]
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References:
- a b c Allen, G. R & T. J. 2007. Pterapogon kauderni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Downloaded on 31 May 2013.
- a b c d e f Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Pterapogon kauderni" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
- a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The Hague. 3–15 June 2007.
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