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Cercamia cladara Randall & Smith, 1988

Frail cardinalfish
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Cercamia cladara
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Photographed from Dauian-Apo I., sighted at 8 m depth under an overhang on a coastal reef (Ref. 127519).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hazes, B., 2022
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Cercamia: Greek, kerkos = tail + Greek, amia = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335);  cladara: Named for its deciduous scales and weak fin spines..
  More on authors: Randall & Smith.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 6 - 40 m (Ref. 48635).   Tropical

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