User:Dkim3738/Pseudamiops diaphanes

Lead
Pseudamiops Diaphanes were called Pseudamiops gracilicauda in the past. Due to their rare and impossible sighting not much data has been collected.

Classification
The pseudamiops diaphanes is cardinal fish, family of apogonidae. Cardinal fishes are usually small to moderate size. The family contains up to 150 species.

Description
Found species are described to be 2 inches long. Has a cycloid scales that are thin and sheds easily. It has no lateral line. Missing supramaxilla, and has a bony process that point down to the back of the maxilla. The preopercular edge is serrated and the ridge is smooth. The body is very elongated. The caudal peduncle is lengthy as the caudal fin is rhomboid. This species is transparent and has a dusky lip. On the base of the caudal fin they have a faint darkish bar that goes across.

Distribution
Known and found in Marshalls, Hawaiian islands and Johnston. Cardinal fishes are found in warm tropical environment. Some lives in the shoreline, in brackish water where there is mangrove swamps, and some can live in freshwater.

Remarks
Observed in Kihei, Maui, the species carry the eggs in its buccal cavity, larger then the length of the fish. In theory the fish keeps the eggs in its mouth to hide from potential egg predators and it is a way for them to incubate more eggs.