Astrapogon puncticulatus Blackfin cardinalfish, Punctate Cardinalfish

Astrapogon puncticulatus is commonly referred to as Blackfin cardinalfish, Punctate Cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9613 

AphiaID:

279773 

Scientific:

Astrapogon puncticulatus 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Blackfin Cardinalfish, Punctate Cardinalfish 

Category:

Kardinalfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Astrapogon (Genus) > puncticulatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Poey, ), 1867 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0,3 - 57 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef-associated, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Temperature:

26,8 °F - 27,9 °F (26,8°C - 27,9°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Astrapogon alutus
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Astrapogon puncticulatus
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Astrapogon stellatus
  Muschel-Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-04-04 20:00:58 

Last edit:

2025-02-05 19:12:02 

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