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Apogon townsendi Belted Cardinalfish

Apogon townsendi is commonly referred to as Belted Cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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usvi 16 IMG_0133a sm Belted Cardinalfish, Apogon townsendi, Frederiksted Pier, U.S, Virgin Islands 2016


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lexID:
302 
AphiaID:
273108 
Scientific:
Apogon townsendi 
German:
Gürtel-Kardinalbarsch 
English:
Belted Cardinalfish 
Category:
Cardinalfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogon (Genus) > townsendi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Breder, ), 1927 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
3 - 55 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Rock crevices, Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
6,5 cm 
Temperature:
24,8 °F - 82.4 °F (24,8°C - 28°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-05 18:56:53 

Info

Apogon townsendi (Breder, 1927)

Susceptibly: Very transport-sensitive and delicately during accustomisation. Then again with good feeding very durable.
Social Behaviour: A swarmfish, which will stay close to his comrades in danger. Peaceful against other inhabitants. Stays under cover during the day and gets active at dawn and in the night.

Tank: Needs a well structured tank with hiding places. Well suitable for reef tanks.

Synonymised names
Amia townsendi Breder, 1927 · unaccepted
Apogon toensendi (Breder, 1927) · unaccepted (misspelling)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institue (en). Abgerufen am 05.02.2025.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 03.04.2022.

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Commonly

Copyright Dr. J. E. Randall, Foto Bahamas
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Apogon townsendi - Gürtel-Kardinalbarsch
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usvi 16 IMG_0133a sm Belted Cardinalfish, Apogon townsendi, Frederiksted Pier, U.S, Virgin Islands 2016
Apogon townsendi,Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands 2025
Apogon townsendi,Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands 2025
vir10316 Belted Cardinalfish, Apogon townsendi, Grass Cay Night Dive ADD,2022

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