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Definition: Apogon

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Type genus of the Apogonidae.[Wordnet].

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Date "Apogon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: Apogon

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A fish of the Mediterranean, the summit of whose head is elevated. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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Common Expressions: Apogon

Expressions Definition
Apogon maculatus A cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Apogon Type genus of the Apogonidae. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
USS Apogon (SS-308) USS Apogon (SS-308), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the apogon, a group of large-headed salt water fishes with oblong compressed bodies found in tropical or subtropical waters. (references)

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Extended Definition: Apogon

Apogon

Apogon
Fossil range: Eocene to Present[1]
Apogon aureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Apogon
Lacepède, 1801
Type species
Apogon ruber,
Lacepède, 1801
Species

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Apogon is a large genus of cardinalfishes with 207 currently described species. Many of these fishes live at depths of 200 m or more and can only be collected using trawling or dredging and thus are rather poorly known. Other species undoubtedly await discovery.

Species

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved on 2007-12-31. 

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Topics by Level of Interest: Apogon

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Apogon 37     Apogon 37
USS Apogon (SS-308) 36     Apogon brevispinis 4
Apogon regula 5     Apogon regula 5
Apogon brevispinis 4     Devario apogon 4
Diplotaxodon apogon 4     Diplotaxodon apogon 4
Devario apogon 4     USS Apogon (SS-308) 36

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