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Bandfin Cardinalfish

Bandfin Cardinalfish

Pristiapogon taeniopterus

Family, Genus, Class & Etymology

Family	Apogonidae
Description	Cardinalfishes
Environment	Fresh, Brackish & Marine
Etymology	Greek, a = without + Greek, pogon, barbed
Genus	38
No. of Species	351
Order	Perciformes
Class	Actinopterygii
Reproductive Guild	Bearers
Distribution	Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Some in brackish water; some (e.g. Glossamia) in streams (tropical Pacific Islands) Tropical and subtropical, near shore to about a depth of 300 m. Most in coral or rocky reefs, and still some inhabit seagrass and coralline algal meadows, soft-bottom communities estuaries and lowland freshwater of warm-temperate waters. Subfamily Apogoninae Günther 1859 is known from the eastern Pacific, Atlantic basin and the Indo-Pacific; distribution is complete in the tropics and subtropical coastal zones down to nearly 300 meters;