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Diagnostic Description

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Description: Characterized by yellowish head grading to brown on body; distinctive white-edged dorsal fin; presence of small white spot below base of last dorsal ray; greatest depth of body 2.8-3.0 in SL (Ref. 90102).
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Rodolfo B. Reyes
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Life Cycle

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Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8
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Trophic Strategy

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Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf; associated with sponges, crinoids and urchins (Ref. 75154).
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Auda Kareen Ortañez
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Biology

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Adults form small schools in estuaries and sheltered bays with soft-bottom habitat to depths of 25 m (Ref. 48635). Usually seen among sponges, crinoids, or Diadema urchins in weedy areas. Eggs are incubated orally (Ref. 205).
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Ostorhinchus hoevenii

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Ostorhinchus hoevenii is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, it is from the Indo-West Pacific north to Japan and south to Australia. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 6 cm in length.[1] It occurs in small groups among corals, sea urchins, crinoids and algae.[2] The specific name honours the Dutch zoologist Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868).[3]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Istothinchus hoevenii" in FishBase. April 2018 version.
  2. ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Ostorhinchus hoevenii". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 22 Sep 2018.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2018). "Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

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Ostorhinchus hoevenii: Brief Summary

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Ostorhinchus hoevenii is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, it is from the Indo-West Pacific north to Japan and south to Australia. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 6 cm in length. It occurs in small groups among corals, sea urchins, crinoids and algae. The specific name honours the Dutch zoologist Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868).

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