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Apogonichthyoides

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Perciformes

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Nectamia, Cheilodipterus, Ostorhinchus, Perciformes, Zoramia

Apogonichthyoides pharaonis bellotti 1874


Apogonichthyoides is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

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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.

A pair of apogonichthyoides niger dark cardinalfish in hong kong water


Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:

  • Apogonichthyoides atripes (J. D. Ogilby, 1916) (Bullseye cardinalfish)
  • Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Many-banded cardinalfish)
  • 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 (Deep-reef 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) (Pearly-cheek 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 cardinalfish)
  • 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

    Apogonichthyoides Wikipedia