Apogon

Apogon is a large genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are among the most common fish on coral reefs. Over 200 species have been classified in genus Apogon as members of several subgenera. Some of these subgenera, such as Ostorhinchus, have been elevated to genus status, leaving just over 50 species in the genus.

Apogon

Belize Larval-Fish Group, Smithsonian Institution · No restrictions · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ApogoninaePBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes

Time the record covers

At least 47 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 57 occurrencesEocene — about 30 of 57 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 5 of 57 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 16 of 57 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 4 of 57 occurrencesPleistocene — about 2 of 57 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 2 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 5 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 5 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 5 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 4 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 4 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 2 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 2 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 3 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.5–7.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.6–5.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 3 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 1 occurrence48.07 Mya129 ka57 Mya0 Mya

57 occurrences of Apogon on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

57 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

21 formations

Selsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WMiretrain Marl — 43.57°N, 1.11°WCook Mountain — 30.61°N, 96.57°WCook Mountain — 31.33°N, 95.52°WGatun — 9.36°N, 79.84°WEger — 47.90°N, 20.40°ENanggulan — 7.73°S, 110.18°EAalter — 50.79°N, 2.78°EAalter — 51.19°N, 3.31°ELondon Clay — 50.83°N, 0.78°WBarton Clay — 51.02°N, 1.32°WElmore — 50.80°N, 1.21°WDomanda — 29.93°N, 70.12°ECantaure — 11.97°N, 70.02°WOnzole — 0.87°N, 79.89°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WDonzacq Marl — 43.75°N, 0.84°WHarudi — 23.52°N, 68.68°ELede — 50.92°N, 3.78°ECalcaire Grossier — 49.31°N, 2.25°EMarnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe — 43.57°N, 1.10°WQuilon — 8.81°N, 76.65°EPossagno Marl — 45.85°N, 11.87°E

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The named rock units Apogon has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 22 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Apogon and its relatives

Eocene

Where Apogon and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

983 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 46 sites for Apogon, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

30 references

Each of the 57 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 18 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Apogon

Credit
Belize Larval-Fish Group, Smithsonian Institution
Licence
No restrictions
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

CT scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Apogon imberbis · zsm:43837

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itApogoninae through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lacépède 1802