CHEILODIPTERUS ARTUS - (SMITH, 1961)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Gobiiformes (Order) > Apogonoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Cheilodipterus (Genus)
Apogon strié, Arrow-tooth cardinal, Lined cardinalfish, Wolfie cardinalfish, Wolf cardinal, Wolf cardinalfish, Wolf-kardinaal, Wolfskardinal, Ishimochi, カスミヤライイシモチ, 圆鳃盖巨齿天竺鲷, 大面侧仔,
Synonyme
Cheilodipterus lachneri australis (Smith, 1961)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8; Pectoral fin rays: 13; Lateral line scales: 27-28 (usually:28); Developed gill rakers: 11-17; Large canine teeth at front of jaws and side of lower jaw; Greatest depth of body: 3.2-4.0 in SL. Max. length: 18.7 cm SL. Depth range: 3 - 158 m, usually: 1 - 35 m.
Color
Pale greyish to mauve body with 8 reddish-brown stripes along the head and body, and a dark caudal-fin base. The stripes along the side are not wider that the pale interspaces. Juveniles have a large gold patch surrounding a small black spot on the caudal peduncle.
Etymology
Cheilodipterus: from Greek, cheilos = lip + from Greek, di = two + from Greek, pteron = wing, fin. Referring to extensible upper lip and to two dorsal fins.
artus: from Latin, artus = narrow, close, fitted, confined, dense. Referring to how its stripes are closer together compared to Cheilodipterus lineatus.
Original description: Cheilodipterus artus Smith, 1961 - Type locality: Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra and Madagascar east to Marshall and Tuamotu Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Occurs in sheltered bays and lagoon patch reefs, forming small, loose aggregates in caves or just above branches of certain corals. Feeds on small fishes. Mouthbrooders. Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning.
Similar species
Last update: 30, October 2022
Apogon strié, Arrow-tooth cardinal, Lined cardinalfish, Wolfie cardinalfish, Wolf cardinal, Wolf cardinalfish, Wolf-kardinaal, Wolfskardinal, Ishimochi, カスミヤライイシモチ, 圆鳃盖巨齿天竺鲷, 大面侧仔,
Synonyme
Cheilodipterus lachneri australis (Smith, 1961)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8; Pectoral fin rays: 13; Lateral line scales: 27-28 (usually:28); Developed gill rakers: 11-17; Large canine teeth at front of jaws and side of lower jaw; Greatest depth of body: 3.2-4.0 in SL. Max. length: 18.7 cm SL. Depth range: 3 - 158 m, usually: 1 - 35 m.
Color
Pale greyish to mauve body with 8 reddish-brown stripes along the head and body, and a dark caudal-fin base. The stripes along the side are not wider that the pale interspaces. Juveniles have a large gold patch surrounding a small black spot on the caudal peduncle.
Etymology
Cheilodipterus: from Greek, cheilos = lip + from Greek, di = two + from Greek, pteron = wing, fin. Referring to extensible upper lip and to two dorsal fins.
artus: from Latin, artus = narrow, close, fitted, confined, dense. Referring to how its stripes are closer together compared to Cheilodipterus lineatus.
Original description: Cheilodipterus artus Smith, 1961 - Type locality: Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra and Madagascar east to Marshall and Tuamotu Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Occurs in sheltered bays and lagoon patch reefs, forming small, loose aggregates in caves or just above branches of certain corals. Feeds on small fishes. Mouthbrooders. Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning.
Similar species
- Cheilodipterus heptazona (Bleeker, 1849) - Reported from New Caledonia - Link to the species (here).
- Cheilodipterus intermedius (Gon, 1993) - Reported from Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, north to Vietnam and Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Cheilodipterus artus is very similar to Cheilodipterus intermedius in juvenile coloration. Max. length: 20.0 cm TL.
- Cheilodipterus lachneri (Klausewitz, 1959) - Reported from Red Sea, endemic.
- Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802) - At some stage all Cheilodipterus taxa with 8 lines where synonimised in Cheilodipterus macrodon but they clearly comprise a species-complex. Althoug this species is still valid on Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, Cheilodipterus macrodon is not recognised as a species in Cadinalfishes of the world R. H. Kuiter & T. Kozawa, 2019.
Last update: 30, October 2022