AndiV
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(Mowbray, 1927)
Description:
Body oblong, compressed; head large, snout short; eye large; moderately large oblique mouth that opens at the front; top jaw wide, partly concealed when mouth is closed, scaleless; jaws with bands of small teeth, no canines; front and sides of roof of mouth with a band of small teeth; preopercle serrated, lower membranous flap not extending beyond edge of preoperculum; 10-11 lower gill rakers; dorsal fin VI + I, 9; anal fin II, 8; inner pelvic ray mostly not attached to body; pectoral 12; tail fin slightly concave; body scales rough; scales present on nape before dorsal fin; lateral line complete, extends onto base of tail fin; lateral line scales not enlarged.
Red to salmon to bronze; usually 2-4 indistinct short dark lines radiating from eye.
Reefs and grass beds; lives with anemones.
Source:
Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system.
Synonym:
Amia aurolineatum Mowbray, 1927
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Apogon (Genus) > Apogon aurolineatus (Species)
Description:
Body oblong, compressed; head large, snout short; eye large; moderately large oblique mouth that opens at the front; top jaw wide, partly concealed when mouth is closed, scaleless; jaws with bands of small teeth, no canines; front and sides of roof of mouth with a band of small teeth; preopercle serrated, lower membranous flap not extending beyond edge of preoperculum; 10-11 lower gill rakers; dorsal fin VI + I, 9; anal fin II, 8; inner pelvic ray mostly not attached to body; pectoral 12; tail fin slightly concave; body scales rough; scales present on nape before dorsal fin; lateral line complete, extends onto base of tail fin; lateral line scales not enlarged.
Red to salmon to bronze; usually 2-4 indistinct short dark lines radiating from eye.
Reefs and grass beds; lives with anemones.
Source:
Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system.
Synonym:
Amia aurolineatum Mowbray, 1927
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Apogon (Genus) > Apogon aurolineatus (Species)
