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Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Siphamia: A Swazi word, siphama, for a fish; spinicola: Name from Latin 'spinicola' for 'spine-dweller'; referring to its habit of living among the spines of echinoderms.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 5 - 20 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Distribución
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Western Central Pacific: New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Federated States of Micronesia (Ref. 90035).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 90102)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 8. Dorsal rays VII+I,9; anal rays II,8; pectoral rays 14-16; tubed lateral-line scales 14-21; median predorsal scales 4-5; total gill rakers 2-4 + 9-11 = 12-14; developed gill rakers 1 + 8-9; gill rakers on ceratobranchial 7-8. Body depth 2.4-2.7 in SL and body width 1.8-2.2 in the depth; eye diameter 2.8-3.4 in head length; first dorsal spine 2.5-3.25 in second spine; second dorsal spine 4.15-5.5, spine of second dorsal fin 3.5-4.6, and second anal spine 5.5-6.1, all in head length; pectoral-fin length 4.4-5.4 and pelvic-fin length 4.1-5.3 in SL; caudal-peduncle length 1.3-1.9 in distance between pelvic spine insertion and anal-fin origin. Preopercular edge with 19-32 small serrations; preopercular ridge smooth. Tip of light organ on each side of tongue bound by membrane (Ref. 90035).
Inhabits coral reefs in 5-20 m (Ref 90102). Specimens were collected from and observed among the spines of Acanthaster planci in Woleai Atoll and Diadema savignyi in New Ireland (USNM 357887) on bottoms of coral and rock or on coral patches surrounded by
sand (Ref. 90035).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Gon, O. and G.R. Allen, 2012. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 3294:1-84. (Ref. 90035)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.9 - 29.3, mean 28.5 °C (based on 1464 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00680 - 0.03071), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
