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Common names: Nine-banded cardinalfish, Nine-banded soldier-fish, Nineline cardinalfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: WAM P.28047-001 (TGT3017). Found from North West Cape to Darwin (Ref. 5978). Known from Lizard Is. to Carpicorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland (Ref. 7300), including the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Ref. 75154). Also Ref. 1602, 90102.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
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Common names from other countries

Nine-line cardinalfish, Nineline cardinalfish, Seven-striped 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: More on author: Cuvier.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 4 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 35°N - 24°S, 92°E - 157°W

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Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Line Islands, north to the Izu Islands, south to Great Barrier Reef.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48635)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Characterized by alternating dark brown and whitish stripes, dark stripes narrower than pale ones; dark midlateral stripe extending onto caudal fin; greatest depth of body 2.7-3.1 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Common in reef flats and shallow lagoons to a depth of about 4 m. Also found in rocky reefs (Ref. 93839). Feeds on small crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 1602). Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300). Usually in pairs swimming close to shelter (Ref. 48635).

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Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).

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Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 February 2021

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 1824 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00744 - 0.02681), b=3.16 (3.00 - 3.32), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1828)