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Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: perlita: Name from Latin word 'perlitus' meaning smeared or bedaubed; referring to the large, dark, diffuse cluster of chromatophores on the caudal peduncle (Ref. 69383).
More on authors: Fraser & Lachner.
Issue
This species is placed in the genus Apogon in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 3 - 12 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 19°N - 9°S
Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea to Papua New Guinea and Palau south to Australia.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 48635)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 9.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Coastal, often silty reefs or shallow lagoons, forming schools just above branching corals (Ref. 48635).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 28.4 - 29.3, mean 28.8 °C (based on 1001 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00680 - 0.03071), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 269 [120, 558] mg/100g; Iron = 1.43 [0.72, 2.80] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.1, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.125 [0.054, 0.292] g/100g; Selenium = 31 [12, 74] μg/100g; VitaminA = 57 [14, 242] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.62 [1.52, 4.34] mg/100g (wet weight);