CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Apogonidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 327194 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Rhabdamia novaluna Yoshida, Mabuchi & Motomura, 2018
Rank:	species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Catalogue Number: ANFC-15269 Image by: J.E. Randall Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: J.E. Randall
Organism Type:	a cardinalfish
Synonyms:	Rhabdamia gracilis [in part]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 327919 Rhabdamia spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-07-26.
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Expected species depth range is from 3 to 32 m.

Taxon Notes:	Currently known from the western Pacific Ocean, including Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Australia, Fiji and the Marshall Islands in depths of 3–32 m. In Australia, confirmed from Cartier Island, Indian Ocean (12°31′S, 123°23′E), and the Great Barrier Reef from Escape Reef (15°50′S) to One Tree Island (24°30′S). This species is similar to Rhabdamia gracilis and Rhabdamia spilota, both of which also occur in Australia (Yoshida & Motomura 2018; Yoshida et al 2018). The distributions of all Australian Rhabdamia species need further refinement.

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Yoshida, T., Mabuchi, K. & Motomura, H., 2018. Rhabdamia novaluna, a new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with comments on the synonymy of Rhabdamia gracilis., Ichthyological Research, Vol. 66, 1: 129-139. doi:10.1007%2Fs10228-018-0664-1

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