Rhabdamia gracilis, Luminous cardinalfish

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Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856)

Luminous cardinalfish
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> Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Rhabdamia: Greek, rhabdos = stick + Greek, amia = a kind of shark (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 91 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 32°N - 12°S

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Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm 3.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 101568)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 7; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 12 - 13. This species is distinguished by the following characters: bluish longitudinal stripe on the middle of the body; translucent white or pink, silvery on head and abdomen; caudal peduncle sometimes with a posteriorly placed black spot; characterized further by one or both caudal fin lobes having black tip; greatest depth of body 3.3-3.6 in SL (Ref. 90102).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabits lagoon and coastal reefs, among corals and rocks (Ref. 4329, 127962). Lives sympatrically with A. notatus (Ref. 76833). Forms large schools (Ref. 559). Feeds during the day in currents above reefs as well as at night (Ref. 48635).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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

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Yoshida, T., K. Mabuchi and H. Motomura, 2018. Rhabdamia novaluna, a new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with comments on the synonymy of Rhabdamia gracilis. Ichthyol. Res. 66(1):129-139. (Ref. 129520)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 August 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 25 - 29, mean 28.1 °C (based on 1064 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00582 - 0.01883), b=3.08 (2.92 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.3   ±0.26 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=2.67).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 208 [107, 551] mg/100g; Iron = 1.6 [0.8, 2.9] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [17.4, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.178 [0.073, 0.441] g/100g; Selenium = 60 [21, 150] μg/100g; VitaminA = 49.2 [12.2, 196.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 3.08 [1.80, 4.77] mg/100g (wet weight);