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Foa nivosa
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Kurtiformes
(Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) >
Apogonidae
(Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology:
nivosa:
Name from Latin adjective 'nivosus', meaning snowy; referring to numerous whitish spots on the body.
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 15 - 48 m (Ref.
93673
). Tropical
Western Pacific: Palau, the Marshall Islands and Fiji; expected elsewhere in the Caroline Islands and from Indonesia, New Guinea and other islands to Fiji.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref.
93673
)
Short description
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Dorsal
spines
(total): 8 - 9;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 8-9;
Anal
spines
: 2;
Anal
soft rays
: 8;
Vertebrae
: 24. This species is distinguished by the following: usually 3-7 pored lateral-line scales and 12-14 gill rakers and rudiments; body scale margins uniform; body pale yellowish brown, suffused with red especially on head and ventrally on body, with numerous white spots outlined in red, no bars on head, body or peduncle; axil of pectoral fin without spot; 3 or more whitish basicaudal spots; second dorsal, anal and caudal fins pale reddish with small white spots, the membranes translucent (Ref.
93673
).
Collected in
Halimeda
beds in 15-27 meters and in one collection, it included species of
Padina
,
Caulerpa
, and
Dictyota
(Ref.
93673
).
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Mouthbrooders. Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref.
205
).
Fraser, T.H. and J.E. Randall
, 2011. Two new species of
Foa
(Apogonidae) from the Pacific Plate, with redescriptions of
Foa brachygramma
and
Foa fo
. Zootaxa 2988:1-27. (Ref.
93673
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Not Evaluated
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Not Evaluated
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 26.1 - 28.9, mean 27.5 °C (based on 80 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00690 - 0.03171), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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