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Apogonidae
dusky cardinalfish
Phaeoptyx pigmentaria
Black blotch on tail base
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Smalldusky cardinalfish is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cardinalfishes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Phaeoptyx
- Maximum length
- 8 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and Bermuda southward through northeastern Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea (Ref. 7321 ), Ascension I. (Ref. 98447 )..
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
