Rhabdamia
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Rhabdamia is a genus of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) that is found in the Red Sea and the tropical Indo-Pacific .
features
Rhabdamia species are small cardinalfish that grow to a length of 5 to 6 cm and have an almost transparent body covered with round scales or weak comb scales. The caudal fin is forked with 15 branched and unbranched upper and lower fin rays . The Hypuralia 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 have grown together. The premaxillary has one or two rows of slender teeth, with one row of teeth each in the lower jaw and on the vomer . The palatine can be edentulous or have a row of teeth. The supramaxillary, a bone of the upper jaw, is missing. Burrs and edges of Vorkiemendeckels (Preoperculum) are smooth. The stomach and intestines are blackish, the peritoneum silvery with melanophores .
- Fin formula : dorsal 1 VI – VII, dorsal 2 I / 9–11; Anals II / 11–13, pectorals 13–17, caudals 9 + 8.
- Scale formula : SL 23–24.
- Gill rake : 17–31.
- Vertebrae 10 + 14.
species
- Rhabdamia clupeiformis Weber, 1909
- Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856)
- Rhabdamia nigrimentum (Smith, 1961)
- Rhabdamia novaluna Yoshida et al., 2018
- Rhabdamia nuda (Regan, 1905)
- Rhabdamia spilota Allen & Kuiter, 1994
literature
- K. Mabuchi, TH Fraser, H. Song, Y. Azuma, M. Nishida: Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyzes and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters . In: Zootaxa . Volume 3846, No. 2, 2014, pp. 151-203. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.3846.2.1
Web links
- Rhabdamia on Fishbase.org (English)