Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Kurtiformes > Family Apogonidae > Subfamily Apogoninae > Genus Apogon

Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Apogon*	Lacepède, 1801	accepted genus name
*Apogon (Apogon)*		synonym

Species group names

*Apogon (Apogon) imberbis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym; alternate representation
*Mullus imberbis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kuqrraku; mbreti i gjelave; peshku kardinal sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Hebrew: אפוגון ים-תיכוני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kardinal baligi

Literature

additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Apogon imberbis, Spain, by Patzner, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273021