Gymnapogon
| Gymnapogon | |
|---|---|
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| Gymnapogon africanus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Gymnapogon Regan, 1905 |
Gymnapogon is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indo-West Pacific and central Pacific Oceans, where they occur in reefs and nearby habitat types.[1] These species are usually no more than 5 centimeters long and have semitransparent bodies without scales.[1]
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Gymnapogon africanus J. L. B. Smith, 1954 (Crystal cardinal)
- Gymnapogon annona Whitley, 1936 (Naked cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon foraminosus S. Tanaka (I), 1915
- Gymnapogon japonicus Regan, 1905
- Gymnapogon melanogaster Gon & Golani, 2002 [1]
- Gymnapogon philippinus Herre, 1939 (Philippine cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon vanderbilti Fowler, 1938 (Vanderbilt's cardinalfish)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gon, O. & Golani, D. (2002): A new species of the cardinalfish genus Gymnapogon (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Red Sea. Ichthyological Research, 49 (4): 346-49.
- ↑ 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.