Biology:Zapogon evermanni

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Short description: Species of fish

Zapogon evermanni
FMIB 42450 Amia evermanni (Jordan & Snyder); from the type.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Zapogon
Species:
Z. evermanni
Binomial name
Zapogon evermanni
(D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Apogon evermanni D.S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904
  • Apogon anisolepis Böhlke & Randall, 1968

Zapogon evermanni, Evermann's cardinalfish, is a species of cardinalfish native to tropical reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the western Atlantic Ocean.

It occurs deep in reef caves, where it swims along the ceilings upside-down. It is found at depths from 3 to 69 m (9.8 to 226.4 ft). This species grows to a standard length of 12 cm (4.7 in).[1]

The specific name honors the United States ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Zapogon evermanni" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  2. "Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 31 May 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/kurtiformes/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q931611 entry