Siphamia
| Siphamia | |
|---|---|
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| Siphamia tubifer | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Siphamia M. C. W. Weber, 1909 |
Siphamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Siphamia arabica Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012
- Siphamia argentea Lachner, 1953 (Silver siphonfish)
- Siphamia brevilux Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 (Shortlight siphonfish)
- Siphamia cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875) (Wood's siphonfish)
- Siphamia corallicola G. R. Allen, 1993 (Coral siphonfish)
- Siphamia cuneiceps Whitley, 1941 (Wedgehead siphonfish)
- Siphamia cyanophthalma Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 (Blue-eye siphonfish)
- Siphamia elongata Lachner, 1953 (Elongate siphonfish)
- Siphamia fistulosa (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Fistulose cardinalfish)
- Siphamia fraseri Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012
- Siphamia fuscolineata Lachner, 1953 (Crown-of-thorns cardinalfish)
- Siphamia goreni Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012
- Siphamia guttulatus (Alleyne & W. J. Macleay, 1877) (Speckled siphonfish)
- Siphamia jebbi G. R. Allen, 1993 (Jebb's siphonfish)
- Siphamia majimai Matsubara & Iwai, 1958 (Striped siphonfish)
- Siphamia mossambica J. L. B. Smith, 1955 (Sea urchin cardinal)
- Siphamia papuensis Gon, G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Gouws, 2014 (Papuan siphonfish) [2]
- Siphamia randalli Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012
- Siphamia roseigaster (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1887) (Pink-breasted siphonfish)
- Siphamia senoui Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012
- Siphamia spinicola Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 (Reef siphonfish)
- Siphamia stenotes Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 (Narrow-lined siphonfish)
- Siphamia tubifer M. C. W. Weber, 1909 (Tubifer cardinalfish)
- Siphamia tubulata (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Siphonfish)
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.
- ↑ Gon, O., Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Gouws, G. (2014): A new species of the cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from West Papua, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3881 (4): 328–340.
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