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Apogonichthyoides pharaonis

A Lessepsian migrant cardinalfish from the Red Sea.

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Apogonichthyoides pharaonis

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Apogonichthyoides pharaonis is a marine fish in the family Apogonidae, order Perciformes, according to GBIF.[1] Its type locality is Suez.[2]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassActinopterygii
  4. DivisionTeleostei
  5. OrderGobiiformes
  6. FamilyApogonidae
  7. GenusApogonichthyoides
  8. SpeciesApogonichthyoides pharaonis

Named by (Bellotti, 1874)

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · differs from this box at order: WoRMS AphiaID 475090 (CC BY 4.0)

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC)

  1. LC▲ this species
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX
Population trend
Not held in our sources — see the assessment
Assessment published
2022

Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category

Where the apogonichthyoides pharaonis has been recorded

Where the apogonichthyoides pharaonis has been recorded29 mapped locations from 282 GBIF occurrence records; marked places: SuezSuez

Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (282 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 21 inland records left out (institution coordinates).

Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain) · place coordinates: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Biology and range

It has two distinct dorsal fins, with the first two spines very short and the third spine the longest.[3] The body has three vertical black bars contrasting with a grey-brown ground colour.[3] This fish possesses an oblong, compressed body; while it can reach up to 10 cm in length, a size of 4–6 cm is more typical.[3] Within the first vertical bar, a black ocellus (eye-spot) encircled by a yellow ring is present.[3]

After dark, it leaves its hiding places to hunt for zooplankton.[4]

What the specialist sources record

The World Register of Marine Species lists Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (Bellotti, 1874) as an accepted species in the family Apogonidae, order Apogoniformes, class Teleostei.[5] GBIF holds 310 occurrence records for this taxon as of 7 October 2026.[1] A large, oblique mouth is present, with villiform teeth on the jaws, palatine, and vomer.[3]

References

  1. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (taxon key 5853511). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Apogonichthyoides pharaonis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/ (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Apogonichthyoides pharaonis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/; "Monitoring Marine Invasive Species in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) A strategy and practical guide for managers", IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, 2013, p. 97 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Apogonichthyoides pharaonis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Apogonichthyoides pharaonis). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/; Allen, G.R., "Apogonichthyoides pharaonis", 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. World Register of Marine Species, Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (AphiaID 475090). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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Sources

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