Zoramia gilberti
Species of fish
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Zoramia gilberti is a species of Cardinalfish from the Western Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 4.2 cm in length.[1]
| Zoramia gilberti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Genus: | Zoramia |
| Species: | Z. gilberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Zoramia gilberti D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905 | |
Taxonomy and naming
The specific name honors the American ichthyologist and fisheries biologist Charles H. Gilbert (1859-1928) of Stanford University who was a colleague of David Starr Jordan's, who described this species with Alvin Seale in 1905. [2] Originally, Z. gilberti was described as a member of a totally different genus: Amia, but was since moved into its current genus. [2]
Distribution and hibitat
Z. gilberti is found in sheltered bays and lagoons, where it gathers in large aggregations among branching corals, and frequently mixes with other cardinalfish species.[3]
