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Apogon

Apogon evermanni

(Jordan & Snyder, 1904)

Evermann's Cardinalfish

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: East Africa to Marquesan and Hawaiian Islands, and also the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean: Bahamas, Cozumel to Isla Providencia and Curacao.

Size: 6 inches (15 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits caves in outer reef slopes and usually found at depths between 15 – 200 feet (5 – 60 m) where it feeds during evening hours on crustaceans/zooplankton.

General Husbandry: Has a pinkish body with a black horizontal eye band. As of 2016, not yet collected for the trade. However, should it become available, its aquarium husbandry would be similar to that of A. angustatus. Simply open that species to view those recommendations.

Taxonomy:

    Order: Perciformes

    Suborder: Percoidei

    Family: Apogonidae

    Subfamily: Apogoninae

    Genus: Apogon

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Can be technically found also listed as: Zapogon erythrinus.

 Apogon evermanni (Evermann's Cardinalfish)
Photo © John Randall
Apogon erythrinus Apogon exostigma
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