Pristiapogon kallopterus
Spinyhead cardinalfish | Iridescent Cardinalfish | Kallopterus Cardinalfish | Snyder's Cardinalfish | Spiny-head Cardinalfish | Apogon kallopterus
Pristiapogon kallopterus, adult, North WA, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
Pristiapogon kallopterus, adult, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Pristiapogon kallopterus, adult, Naigani Is, Fiji, Photo: Andrew Green
Pristiapogon kallopterus, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Similar Species
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Variable translucent pale grey to pink or brown with a single wide dark mid stripe through eye, fading along body, and dark scale margins. Large black spot on tail base above mid line and yellow spines on 1st dorsal fin.
Information
Max Size: 11 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 22.8-30.6°C
Depth: 1-158m
Habitat Generalization Index: 5.89
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (7.0% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (3 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland