Zapogon evermanni

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Zapogon evermanni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Zapogon
Species:
Z. evermanni
Binomial name
Zapogon evermanni
Synonyms
  • Apogon evermanniD.S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904
  • Apogon anisolepis Böhlke & Randall, 1968

Zapogon evermanni, Evermann's cardinalfish, is a species of cardinalfish native to tropical reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the western Atlantic Ocean.

It occurs deep in reef caves, where it swims along the ceilings upside-down. It is found at depths from 3 to 69 m (9.8 to 226.4 ft). This species grows to a standard length of 12 cm (4.7 in). [1]

The specific name honors the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. [2]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Zapogon evermanni" in FishBase . August 2014 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2018). "Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 September 2018.