Zapogon evermanni

Zapogon evermanni, Evermann's cardinalfish, is a species of cardinalfish native to tropical reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the western Atlantic Ocean.

Zapogon evermanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Genus:	Zapogon
Species:	Z. evermanni
Binomial name
Zapogon evermanni (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
Synonyms
Apogon evermanni D.S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904 Apogon anisolepis Böhlke & Randall, 1968

It occurs deep in reef caves, where it swims along the ceilings upside-down. It is found at depths from 3 to 69 m (9.8 to 226.4 ft). This species grows to a standard length of 12 cm (4.7 in).^[1]

The specific name honors the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.^[2]