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Cercamia eremia Glassy Cardinalfish

Cercamia eremia is commonly referred to as Glassy 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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Cercamia eremia, underwater photograph, approximately 35 mm SL, Anilao, Batangas Province, Philippines (G.R. Allen).




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lexID:
8467 
AphiaID:
280082 
Scientific:
Cercamia eremia 
German:
Gläserner Kardinalbarsch 
English:
Glassy Cardinalfish 
Category:
Cardinalfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Cercamia (Genus) > eremia (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Allen, ), 1987 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Australia, Bali, Christmas Islands, Eastern Indian Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Houtman Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands), Indonesia, Japan, Maumere, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sumatra, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, Tonga, Western Australia 
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:
2 - 40 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Reef crevices, Reef-associated, Rock crevices, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 1.57" (4 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Brine Shrimps, Carnivore, Frozen food (small sorts), Mysis, Zooplankton 
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:
2026-02-23 19:53:10 

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Cercamia eremia (Allen, 1987)

The apogonid genus Cercamia Randall & Smith 1988 contains small (< 40 mm SL), mostly transparent, larval-like fishes that inhabit dark crevices of Indo-Pacific coral reefs at depths of about 10–55 m.

Synonymised names
Apogonoides macassariensis Bleeker, 1849 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Rhabdamia eremia Allen, 1987 · unaccepted

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Cercamia eremia, underwater photograph, approximately 35 mm SL, Anilao, Batangas Province, Philippines (G.R. Allen).
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