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Apogon soloriens Yoshida & Motomura, 2020 Rising-sun cardinalfish |
| Family: | Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes), subfamily: Apogoninae | |||
| Max. size: | 3.07 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | reef-associated; marine; depth range 4 - 45 m | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ogasawara Is.). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 24-24. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D VI-I, 9; A II,8; pectoral-fin rays 13; developed gill rakers 8 or 9 (modally 9); total gill rakers (including rudiments) 15-18 (16); interorbital width 9.1-11.1% (mean 9.8%) of SL; supraneural bones 2; membranous flap at lower corner and along ventral margin of the preopercle; without black band on body below second dorsal fin; with a wide blackish band with reddish suffusion on the caudal peduncle from before midpoint to base of caudal fin (Ref. 123280). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||