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Apogon kautamea Greenfield & Randall, 2004
Rapanui cardinalfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Apogon: Greek, a = without + Greek pogon = chin, beard (Ref. 45335); kautamea: Specific name is a compound adjective from the Old Rapanui language of Easter Island, ‘ku’ata’ meaning transparent and 'mea' meaning red, referring to the transparent red coloration of the species.
More on authors: Greenfield & Randall.
Etymology: Apogon: Greek, a = without + Greek pogon = chin, beard (Ref. 45335); kautamea: Specific name is a compound adjective from the Old Rapanui language of Easter Island, ‘ku’ata’ meaning transparent and 'mea' meaning red, referring to the transparent red coloration of the species.
More on authors: Greenfield & Randall.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 18 - 20 m (Ref. 58270). Tropical
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Southeast Pacific: Easter Is.
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is small, usually less than 40 mm SL, semitranslucent, red and lacking stripes or bars or black edges on scales on body sides; dorsal VI-I,8-9 (almost always I,9); anal II,8; pectoral 13-15 (almost always 14); usually a total of 16 or fewer gillrakers (rudiments included) on the first gill arch; 2 predorsal (supraneural) bones; a free edge of skin near the anterior nasal opening; 2 scales between the lateral line and the base of the third spine of the first dorsal fin (Ref. 58270).
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Greenfield, D.W. and J.E. Randall, 2004. Two new cardinalfish species of the genus Apogon from Easter Island. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 55(29):561-567. (Ref. 58270)
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