| Apogon Temporal range: 55–0 Ma Eocene to Present[1] |
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| 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 |
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| Species | |
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207, See text. |
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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 metres (660 ft) or more and can only be collected using trawling or dredging and thus are rather poorly known. Other species undoubtedly await discovery.