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Apogon deetsie Randall, 1998

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Apogon deetsie Randall, 1998
Name authority
Randall, 1998
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Apogoniformes
Family
Apogonidae
Genus
Apogon
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderApogoniformes
  11. familyApogonidae Günther, 1859
  12. subfamilyApogoninae Günther, 1859
  13. genusApogon Lacepède, 1801
  14. speciesApogon deetsie Randall, 1998

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Apogon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Guadalupe cardinalfishApogon guadalupensis (Osburn & Nichols, 1916)ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
bridle cardinalfishApogon aurolineatus (Mowbray, 1927)ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Apogon dianthus Fraser & Randall, 2002ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
ruby cardinalfishApogon coccineus Rüppell, 1838ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
plain cardinalfishApogon atricaudus Jordan & McGregor, 1898ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Apogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Apogon americanus Castelnau, 1855ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
barred cardinalfishApogon binotatus (Poey, 1867)ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Apogon caudicinctus Randall & Smith, 1988ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Apogon ceramensis Bleeker, 1852ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Apogon doryssa (Jordan & Seale, 1906)ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Apogon erythrinus Snyder, 1904ApogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 245 records assigned to Apogonidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Randall, J. E. (1998). Review of the cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Aqua J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol., 3. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:FSCS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.