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Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: similis: Name from Latin similis meaning like, refers to the pale bars on the body similar to Nectamia luxuria and the saddles and caudal mark similar to N. bandanensis; treated as an adjective.
Etymology: similis: Name from Latin similis meaning like, refers to the pale bars on the body similar to Nectamia luxuria and the saddles and caudal mark similar to N. bandanensis; treated as an adjective.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; reef-associated. Tropical; 15°N - 13°S, 105°E - 155°E (Ref. 74933)
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Western Pacific: Indonesia to Micronesia; north to the Philippines.
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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. A Nectamia with two dark saddles on body below the first and second dorsal fin, a narrow pale bar on the opercle reaching above the top of the preopercle, a few narrow pale bars on the body, caudal peduncle with a complete dark wide bar, connected dorsally and ventrally caudal fin with dark margins, subocular mark, thin and triangular (Ref. 74933)
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
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Mouthbrooders. Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
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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: Version 2025-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2023
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