Zoramia

Thread fin cardinalfish, mouth brooding males

Zoramia is a genus of cardinal fish ( Apogonidae ). The fish are found in depths 1-17 meters in coral reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific. Like all cardinal fish they feed on zooplankton and are mouth brooders. The genus was once one as a subgenus of Apogon.

Features

Zoramia species are small, hochrückige fish and 4 to 6 inches long. The first dorsal fin is supported by six fin rays, one of which may form the second and third extended filaments. The second dorsal fin base nine soft rays. The upper jaw is occupied by two or three rows of small, slender teeth, which are available to the pubic symphysis of the premaxilla. In the lower jaw the teeth are in one or two rows, back only in a. On the palate bone, there is a row of teeth. The number of gill Reuse rays is 24 to 32 The fish are almost transparent with some bluish or yellow color markings. Stomach and intestines are black.

Species

• Zoramia flebila Greenfield, Langston & Randall, 2005
• Masks cardinalfish ( Zoramia fragilis ) (Smith, 1961)
• Gilbert's cardinalfish ( Zoramia gilberti ) ( Jordan & Seale, 1905)
• Thread fin cardinalfish ( Zoramia leptacantha ) ( Bleeker, 1856-57 ) ( type species )
• Pearl cardinalfish ( Zoramia perlita ) ( Fraser & Lachner, 1985)
• Zoramia viridiventer Greenfield, Langston & Randall, 2005