Apogon soloriens Yoshida & Motomura, 2020
Rising-sun cardinalfish

Family:  Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes), subfamily: Apogoninae
Max. size:  3.07 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 4 - 45 m
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ogasawara Is.).
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 24-24. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D VI-I, 9; A II,8; pectoral-fin rays 13; developed gill rakers 8 or 9 (modally 9); total gill rakers (including rudiments) 15-18 (16); interorbital width 9.1-11.1% (mean 9.8%) of SL; supraneural bones 2; membranous flap at lower corner and along ventral margin of the preopercle; without black band on body below second dorsal fin; with a wide blackish band with reddish suffusion on the caudal peduncle from before midpoint to base of caudal fin (Ref. 123280).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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