Amioides polyacanthus is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is endemic to the marine waters around the Philippines where it is found down to a depth of 80 m (260 ft). This species grows to a total length of 22 cm (8.7 in).[1] This species is the only known member of the genus Amioides.[2]
Amioides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Kurtiformes |
Family: | Apogonidae |
Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
Genus: | Amioides H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
Species: | A. polyacanthus
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Binomial name | |
Amioides polyacanthus (Vaillant, 1877)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amioides polyacanthus". FishBase. August 2015 version.
- ^ 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.