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Foa yamba Fraser, 2014

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: yamba: Named for an Australian aboriginal name of uncertain meanings (a kind of oyster or the headland near the river mouth and is the name of the city at the mouth of the Clarence River)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 97601). Subtropical (Ref. 97601)

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Southwest Pacific: Australia, known only from the Clarence River, Yamba, New South Wales.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 97601)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: brownish-red irregular spots on body; usually 9 pored lateral-line scales; alternating markings on second dorsal, anal and caudal fins; juveniles and young individuals with three regular bars on body (Ref. 97601).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs on rocky wall with silt and mud, probably also in other tidal estuaries (Ref. 97601).

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Fraser, T.H., 2014. Fao yamba, a new species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha: Apogonidae: Apogonichthyini) from the tidal region of the Clarence River, Australia and redescriptions of the West Pacific Foa longimana and Foa hyalina. Zootaxa 3878(2):167-178. (Ref. 97601)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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