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Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Siphamia: A Swazi word, siphama, for a fish; cyanophthalma: This species is named cyanophthalma (Latin: “blue-eye”) with reference to the pair of blue stripes through the eye, which is an excellent field character for its recognition (Ref. 90035).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur ? - 31 m (Ref. 90035). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea and offshore reefs of northwestern Australia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.2 cm SL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 8; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 7 - 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII+I,9; A II,7-8; pectoral rays 12; tubed lateral-line scales 4-8; median predorsal scales 4-5; total gill rakers 3-4 + 9-10; developed gill rakers 1 + 6-9; gill rakers on ceratobranchial 6-7; body depth 2.25-2.6 in SL and body width 2.4-3.1 in the depth; eye diameter 2.65-3.3 in head length (HL); first dorsal spine very small 10.25-14.5 in second spine (two specimens); second dorsal spine 4.7-5.1, spine of second dorsal fin 4.1-5.2, and second anal spine 4.6-5.1, all in HL; pectoral-fin length 4.2-4.5 and pelvic-fin length 4.8-5.0 in SL; caudal-peduncle length 1.0-1.4 in distance between pelvic spine insertion and anal-fin origin; preopercular edge weakly serrate around angle, with 5-14 (usually 6-8) minute serrations; preopercular ridge smooth; tip of light organ on each side of tongue bound by membrane (Ref. 90035).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Solitary or in small groups. Found in sheltered coral reefs (Ref 90102). The smallest recorded female with visually detectable maturing eggs was 1.43 cm SL (Ref. 90035).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Gon, O. and G.R. Allen, 2012. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 3294:1-84. (Ref. 90035)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [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).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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