Species Apogon doryssa (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Night Cardinalfish, Flame Cardinalfish, Flathead Cardinalfish, Longspine Cardinalfish, Sabre-spined Cardinal-fish
- Amia doryssa Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1906. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1905 25: 173-455 figs 1-111 pls 33-53 [245, fig. 39].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 51812, Apia, Upolu Island, Western Samoa.
Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 8684.
Generic Combinations
- Apogon doryssa (Jordan & Seale, 1906). —
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [140]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Whitsunday Group (20º10´S) QLD, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Christmas Island; tropical, west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [275]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [317]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine.
General References
Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203 [197]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [140] (885)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [368] (Longspine Cardinalfish)
Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp. [58] (Flame Cardinalfish)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [146] (Night Cardinalfish)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [140] (Sabre-spined Cardinal-fish)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [508] (Flathead Cardinalfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Night Cardinalfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2014 | APOGONIDAE | 16-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 15-Apr-2012 | 15-Apr-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Dec-2012 | 02-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |