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Vincentia macrocauda is a handsome cardinalfish known only from the Gulf of St. Vincent, South Australia, to east of Albany, Western Australia.
Vincentia macrocauda is a slender, reddish to pinkish, spotted cardinalfish with a black outer half of the first dorsal fin, reddish to dark reddish brown second dorsal, caudal, anal, and pelvic fins covered with light spots, and a very long caudal base.
The body is predominantly covered with cycloid (smooth) scales.
The long caudal peduncle (~1.1 to 1.3 of head length) and the presence of mainly cycloid scales are characteristic features that distinguish it from other Vincentia.
Like all cardinalfish, the male incubates the developing eggs in its mouth and does not feed them until they hatch.
Distinguished from all other Vincentia species by a very long caudal peduncle and mostly cycloid (smooth) scales on the body.
The placement of this species in Vincentia is tentative; preliminary results of a recent study of southern Australian apogonids by Allen and Paxton suggest that Vincentia may deserve only a subgenus within the genus Apogon.
See for this: Initial description by Gerry Allen in 1978.
Etymology.
The species name macrocauda is derived from the Greek "makros" = long and the Latin "cauda" =tail, referring to the elongate caudal peduncle of the cardinal.
Remarks. This is a distinctive species that does not appear to be closely related to other apogonids
Synonym: Apogon macrocauda 1978, Allen
Vincentia macrocauda is a slender, reddish to pinkish, spotted cardinalfish with a black outer half of the first dorsal fin, reddish to dark reddish brown second dorsal, caudal, anal, and pelvic fins covered with light spots, and a very long caudal base.
The body is predominantly covered with cycloid (smooth) scales.
The long caudal peduncle (~1.1 to 1.3 of head length) and the presence of mainly cycloid scales are characteristic features that distinguish it from other Vincentia.
Like all cardinalfish, the male incubates the developing eggs in its mouth and does not feed them until they hatch.
Distinguished from all other Vincentia species by a very long caudal peduncle and mostly cycloid (smooth) scales on the body.
The placement of this species in Vincentia is tentative; preliminary results of a recent study of southern Australian apogonids by Allen and Paxton suggest that Vincentia may deserve only a subgenus within the genus Apogon.
See for this: Initial description by Gerry Allen in 1978.
Etymology.
The species name macrocauda is derived from the Greek "makros" = long and the Latin "cauda" =tail, referring to the elongate caudal peduncle of the cardinal.
Remarks. This is a distinctive species that does not appear to be closely related to other apogonids
Synonym: Apogon macrocauda 1978, Allen
