{"scientificNameAuthorship":"(Bleeker, 1856)","RecordModifiedOn":"2026-07-26","CAAB_code":"37327022","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Many Australian records referred to this species are either <i>R. novaluna</i> (CAAB code 37327194) or <i>R. spilota</i> (CAAB code 37327190) [see Yoshida & Motomura 2018; Yoshida et al 2018]. The Australian distributions of all three species need further refinement.","habitat":"Coastal (0-40m)<br>Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":37327919,"scientificName":"Rhabdamia gracilis","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Perciformes","otherVernacularNames":"slender cardinalfish","Reference":"","vernacularName":"Slender Cardinalfish","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209406","family":"Apogonidae","standardName":"Slender Cardinalfish (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:32905842-0ed0-4fdc-a852-28982a2b3714","CAAB_status":"Valid"}