Pristiapogon exostigma
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| Pristiapogon exostigma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Genus: | Pristiapogon |
| Species: | P. exostigma |
| Binomial name | |
| Pristiapogon exostigma D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Apogon exostigma Jordan & Starks, 1906 | |
Pristiapogon exostigma, also known as Eyeshadow cardinalfish or oneline cardinalfish, is a small (max length is 11 cm) pale ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes with light-ended black stripe ending in black spot above centre of stripe. [1] [2] [3] It has an Indo-Pacific range which extends from the Red Sea to the Line Islands and Mangareva Islands and south to northern Australia and north to the Ryukyu Islands.[3]
This species spends the day sheltering under rock ledges.[4] They can be found among isolated coral heads in the silty sheltered by reefs. It is a solitary and rather rare, nocturnal species which feeds on fishes and invertebrates. They are mouthbrooders who form pairs when courting.[3]
