Tiger cardinalfish (species: Cheilodipterus macrodon) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Cheilodipterus macrodon
Tiger cardinalfish


©Anne Hoggett: Tiger Cardinalfish at Lizard Island

©Andy Lewis: Cheilodipterus macrodon at Lizard Island.

©Andy Lewis: Tiger Cardinalfish, Lizard Island.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Apogonidae
Genus Cheilodipterus
Species Cheilodipterus macrodon

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • From 1 cm to 25 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Barnett, A. (2004). The trophic and reproductive implications of mouthbrooding in apogonid fishes, Honours thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 946.
  • Barnett, A., D.R. Bellwood and A.S. Hoey (2006). Trophic ecomorphology of cardinalfish, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 322: 249-257. LIRS catalog number 1020.
  • Burger, M.A.A. and R.D. Adlard (2011). Low host specificity in the Kudoidae (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) including seventeen new host records for Kudoa thalassomi. Folia Parasitologica, 58: 1-16. LIRS catalog number 1389.
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