Ostorhinchus fleurieu

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Ostorhinchus fleurieu
Peces cardenal (Apogon fleurieu), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 137.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Ostorhinchus
Species:
O. fleurieu
Binomial name
Ostorhinchus fleurieu
Lacepède, 1802
Synonyms

Apogon fleurieuLacepède, 1802

Ostorhinchus fleurieu (flower cardinalfish, [1] [2] gold cardinalfish, [1] bullseye cardinalfish, [1] cardinalfish, [1] ring-tail cardinalfish [1] or ringtailed cardinalfish [1] ) is a species of cardinalfish native to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the waters around East Africa, Seychelles, India, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan region, and Hong Kong., [3] south to the Ashmore Reef, Western Australia. [4] It is the type species of the genus Ostorhinchus . [5] The specific name honours the French explorer and hydrographer Charles Pierre Claret, comte de Fleurieu (1738-1810) who was a colleague and friend of Lacepède's. [6]

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Description

A coppery-coloured fish with a broad blackish bar at the base of the tail, it is up to 12.5 cm in length. In juveniles, the base of the tail has a spot rather than a bar. The upper jaw has a narrow blue streak, and a broad, blackish stripe extends from the front of the snout to the eye. It is easily confused with Ostorhinchus aureus , where the black tail bar is narrower in the centre than at the ends.

Habitat

Adults occur in small schools made up of pairs of fish from 7 to at least 73 m in depth, associated with coral reefs. It normally occurs in shallow areas with coral reefswhere there are moderate currents. It is found with small to large schools which shelter in crevices. [4]

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References

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