Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range					
						Ecología					
				
				
				
					marino asociado a arrecife;  rango de profundidad 1 - 40 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 30°N -   30°S				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Indo-West Pacific:  Red Sea and East Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to Miyakejima, Japan (Ref. 559), south to Australia and New Caledonia (Ref. 2142).
				
				 
			
			
				
					Tamaño / Peso / Age
				
				
				
					Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 14.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 11441)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría					
				
				
				
					Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 8; Vértebra: 14. Distinguished by having the following characteristics:   Dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 9; anal-fin rays II,8; pectoral-fin rays 14; pelvic-fin rays I,5; pored lateral line scales 25; predorsal scales 5; circumpeduncular scales 12; total gill rakers 24, developed gill rakers, 21; without oblique dark bars on cheek (Ref. 93839). Color in life coppery with iridescence, paler posteriorly; a blackish stripe, bordered by a blue line, running from front of snout through eye and beyond; a narrow blue streak on maxilla.  Large and oblique mouth; median predorsal scales 5; preopercular ridge smooth with posterior and most of ventral margin serrate.  Black bar encircling caudal peduncle present in both young and adult phases (Ref. 02142).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Inhabits holes in rocks or under ledges in shallow waters.  Known to occur in mixed aggregates with Apogon apogonoides during summer and autumn, but form separate aggregates in winter and spring (Ref.  559 and 637). Forms aggregations (Ref 90102).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva				
				
				
				
				Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Randall, J.E., T.H. Fraser and E.A. Lachner, 1990. On the validity of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfishes Apogon aureus (Lacepède) and A. fleurieu (Lacepède), with description of a related new species from the Red Sea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 103(1):39-62. (Ref. 2142)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Human uses  				
				
				
					Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Comercial				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Referencia 
123201): 24.7 - 29, mean 27.5 °C (based on 804 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Referencia 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00715 - 0.01844), b=3.16 (3.03 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Nivel trófico  (Referencia 
69278):  3.6   ±0.54 se; based on food items.					
											
				
				
										
						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 = 105 [54, 166] mg/100g; Iron = 0.815 [0.484, 1.351] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.5, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.127 [0.076, 0.203] g/100g; Selenium = 31.4 [17.4, 58.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 59.1 [17.6, 192.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.42 [0.95, 2.04] mg/100g (wet weight);