Pristiapogon exostigma

Pristiapogon exostigma, also known as Eyeshadow cardinalfish or oneline cardinalfish, is a small (max length is 11 cm) pale ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes with light-ended black stripe ending in black spot above centre of stripe. [1] [2] [3] It has an Indo-Pacific range which extends from the Red Sea to the Line Islands and Mangareva Islands and south to northern Australia and north to the Ryukyu Islands.[3]

Pristiapogon exostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Pristiapogon
Species:
P. exostigma
Binomial name
Pristiapogon exostigma
Synonyms

Apogon exostigma Jordan & Starks, 1906

P. exostigma from Red Sea, Egypt

This species spends the day sheltering under rock ledges.[4] They can be found among isolated coral heads in the silty sheltered by reefs. It is a solitary and rather rare, nocturnal species which feeds on fishes and invertebrates. They are mouthbrooders who form pairs when courting.[3]




References
  1. Lieske, Ewald; Myers, Robert (2004). Coral reef guide. Red Sea. p. 88. ISBN 9780007741731.
  2. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pristiapogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks, 1906)
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pristiapogon exostigma" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  4. Bray, D.J. (2017). "Pristiapogon exostigma". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 Sep 2018.


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