Cercamia
| Cercamia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Cercamia J. E. Randall & C. L. Smith, 1988 |
Cercamia is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Cercamia cladara J. E. Randall & C. L. Smith, 1988
- Cercamia eremia G. R. Allen, 1987 (Glassy cardinalfish)
- Cercamia melanogaster G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Mahardini, 2015 (Blackbelly cardinalfish) [2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Mahardini, A. (2015). "Cercamia melanogaster, a new species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from West Papua, Indonesia". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 14: 57–65.