Nectamia luxuria, Multi-barred cardinalfish

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Nectamia luxuria Fraser, 2008

Multi-barred cardinalfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: luxuria: Name from Latin ‘luxuria’ meaning profusion, referring to the numerous pale bars on the body; noun in apposition..

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 11 m (Ref. 74933). Tropical; 23°N - 25°S, 70°E - 131°W (Ref. 74933)

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Indo-Pacific: Maldives to Mangareva Island (Tuamoto Is.) south to Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74933)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. A Nectamia with no dark saddle on body below the second dorsal fin, many pale bars on body, caudal peduncle with an incomplete dark wide bar, mostly above the lateral line, caudal fin with dark margins, subocular mark, thin and triangular (Ref. 74933).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Forms aggregations, often among branching corals (Ref 90102).

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Fraser, T.H., 2008. Cardinalfishes of the genus Nectamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific region with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1691:1-52. (Ref. 74933)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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