Apogonichthyoides is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
| Apogonichthyoides | |
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| Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Kurtiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Apogonichthyoides J. L. B. Smith, 1949[1] |
| Type species | |
| Amia uninotata H.M. Smith & Radcliffe 1912[2]
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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. Usually, they have a line on the cheek and two bars on the body. Some species have an eye-like spot on the side of the body.[3]
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Species edit
The 24 recognized species in this genus are:[4]
- 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 edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Apogonichthyoides in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Apogonichthyoides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. (2010): Cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides Smith, 1949 (Apogonidae) with a description of a new species from the West-Pacific region. Zootaxa, 2348: 40-56.
- ^ 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.