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Glossamia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Apogonidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Apogoninae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Glossamia aprion, Astrapogon, Fowleria, Rhabdamia, Archamia

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Glossamia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Apogonidae. The majority of the species are endemic to New Guinea, but G. aprion is also found in Australia.

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Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

  • Glossamia abo (Herre, 1935)
  • Glossamia aprion (J. Richardson, 1842) (Mouth almighty)
  • Glossamia arguni Hadiaty & G. R. Allen, 2011
  • Glossamia beauforti (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Beaufort's mouth almighty)
  • Glossamia gjellerupi (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929) (Gjellerup's mouth almighty)
  • Glossamia heurni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929)
  • Glossamia narindica T. R. Roberts, 1978 (Slender mouth almighty)
  • Glossamia sandei (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sande's mouth almighty)
  • Glossamia timika G. R. Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 (Timika mouth almighty)
  • Glossamia trifasciata (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Three-barred mouth almighty)
  • Glossamia wichmanni (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Wichmann's mouth almighty)

    • References

    Glossamia Wikipedia
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