Apogonichthyoides
| Apogonichthyoides | |
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| Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Apogonichthyoides J. L. B. Smith, 1949 |
Apogonichthyoides is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
This genus was separated from Apogon in 2010. These species are light brown to brownish black in color, often with dark elongated spots or stripes. There is usually a line on the cheek and two bars on the body. Some species have an eyelike spot on the side of the body.[1]
Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus
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Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Apogonichthyoides atripes J. D. Ogilby, 1916 (Bulls-eye cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus M. C. W. Weber, 1909 (Many-banded cardinal-fish)
- Apogonichthyoides cantoris Bleeker, 1851
- Apogonichthyoides cathetogramma S. Tanaka (I), 1917
- Apogonichthyoides chrysurus J. D. Ogilby, 1889 (Golden cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides enigmaticus J. L. B. Smith, 1961
- Apogonichthyoides erdmanni T. H. Fraser & G. R. Allen, 2011 (Deepreef cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides euspilotus T. H. Fraser, 2006
- Apogonichthyoides gardineri Regan, 1908
- Apogonichthyoides heptastygma G. Cuvier, 1828
- Apogonichthyoides maculipinnis Regan, 1908
- Apogonichthyoides melas Bleeker, 1848 (Black cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides miniatus T. H. Fraser, 2010
- Apogonichthyoides niger Döderlein (de), 1883
- Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis G. Cuvier, 1828 (Bullseye)
- Apogonichthyoides opercularis W. J. Macleay, 1878 (Pearlycheek cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides pharaonis Bellotti, 1874
- Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus Gon, 1986 (Doublebar cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides regani Whitley, 1951
- Apogonichthyoides sialis D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 (Twinbar cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides taeniatus G. Cuvier, 1828 (Twobelt cardinal)
- Apogonichthyoides timorensis Bleeker, 1854 (Timor cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides umbratilis T. H. Fraser & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Cryptic cardinalfish)
- Apogonichthyoides uninotatus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (Onespot cardinalfish)
References
- ↑ Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. (2010): Cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides Smith, 1949 (Apogonidae) with a description of a new species from the West-Pacific region. Zootaxa, 2348: 40-56.
- ↑ Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014). Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.