General Information

COMMON NAMES: Eyeshadow Cardinalfish, Narrowstripe Cardinalfish, Narrow-stripe Cardinalfish, One-lined Cardinalfish GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotu; n. to s.Japan; s. to Australs COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, reef-flat KEY FEATURES: To 10cmSL. Pale grey, or pale grey above and golden on lower sides; single black midside stripe, tapering to rear; single black spot on tailbase entirely ABOVE the dark stripe. Fins clear, 1st Dorsal dark anteriorly. SIMILAR SPECIES: Bridled Cardinalfish (Apogon frenatus) has black spot on line of black stripe (vs. clearly above line of the stripe).

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Apogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks, 1906)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Percoidei; Percoidea; APOGONIDAE, Apogoninae

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: video, Papua reef-flat, c.2003, Sven Afsenius with ID as Apogon exostigma, 5/2005 G.McCormack ID confirmed as Apogon exostigma.

References:
text p.118 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 40c Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.141 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.226 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 36-07 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 35-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB05a, zM06a, zD05a

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