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Apogonidae
sponge cardinalfish
Phaeoptyx xenus
Fish Reaching Seven Point Five Centimeters in Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Smallsponge cardinalfish is a marine fish of Western Central Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 7.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cardinalfishes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Phaeoptyx
- Maximum length
- 7.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
