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Taeniamia fucata (Cantor, 1849)

Orangelined cardinalfish
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Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Allen, G.R., 1993
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in lagoon reefs, at 3-28 m. Form dense aggregations (Ref. 11890). Recorded from New Britain, New Ireland and Manus Is. (Ref. 6192); and from Kimbe bay (Ref. 28888). Also Ref. 54391.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Apogon à stries oranges, Orange-lined cardinalfish, Painted cardinalfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Taeniamia: Name from feminine Latin noun 'taenia' meaning ribbon or band; and feminine Greek noun 'Amia' meaning a fish, often used with cardinalfishes genera. Here as Taeniamia referring to the vertical wide bars and near vertical to curved narrow bars as lines on most of the species in this genus.;  fucata: From the Latin for iridescence in reference to its iridescent body color..

Issue
Apogon sansibaricus Pfeffer, 1893 is considered a valid species as Taeniamia sansibaricus in Ref. 96888.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 60 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 30°N - 23°S

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