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Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Cercamia: Greek, kerkos = tail + Greek, amia = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335); spio: Name after Spio ( latinized from Greek 'speio'), a mythical sea nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris, the Nereid of sea caves; a feminine noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Spio was a Nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology, the daughter of Nereus and Doris. Her name means ‘the dweller in caves’, and this species is usually seen in the vicinity of underwater caves. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
بحري مرتبطة بالشعاب; نطاق العمق 10 - 30 m (Ref. 125402). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea endemic (Saudi Arabia and Egypt).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 125402)
This species was observed at night, usually in the vicinity of a cave. A single individual at Dahab was observed solitary, although a large group of specimens was collected from the cave in Obhur, Jeddah suggesting that the species living in small groups in crevices (Ref. 125402).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Fraser, T.H., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal and T.J. Alpermann, 2021. Review of the cardinalfishes of the genus Cercamia (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 5039(3):363-394. (Ref. 125402)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00680 - 0.03071), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
المرونه (Ref.
120179): عالي, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع أقل من 15 شهر (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
