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Jaydia ellioti (Day, 1875)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8.

Common Names

  • Elliot's cardinalfish
  • Elliot's cardinalfish
  • Flag-in cardinal-fish
  • Flag-in cardinal-fish
  • Flag-in cardinalfish
  • Flagfinned cardinalfish
  • Tonkingi kardinalahven
  • Parangan
  • Tsumaguro-ishimochi
  • Sebekah
  • Sebekah sinar
  • Semangka
  • Seriding
  • Serodong
  • 大目侧仔
  • 大目側仔
  • 大面侧仔
  • 黑边天竺鱼
  • 黑边天竺鲷
  • 黑邊天竺魚
  • 黑邊天竺鯛
  • 黑邊天竺鯛
  • Dangat
  • Suga
  • Cá Sơn viền đen
  • Isdang pusa

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Kurtiformes

    Family: Apogonidae

    Genus: Jaydia

    Species: Jaydia ellioti (Day, 1875)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Biology

    Normally found in sandy to muddy bottoms. Has luminous organs on the thorax and abdomen which contain luciferin obtained from Cypridina plankton. Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300).

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless