sea urchin cardinal

Siphamia mossambica

Apogonid Fish of the South African Coast

Tropical
Island endemic
Island endemic species
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Africa
Deep-bodied
Small
Tropical fish

Siphamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. Siphamia minor, a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of southwestern India is the only fossil record for this genus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cardinalfishes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Siphamia
Maximum length: 4 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: endemic to the area, along the east coast of Africa from Kenya to South Africa, Seychelles, Comoro Islands, Madagascar and Mauritius,

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