Nectamia
Nectamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean.
Nectamia | |
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Nectamia savayensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Kurtiformes |
Family: | Apogonidae |
Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
Genus: | Nectamia D. S. Jordan, 1917 |
Type species | |
Apogon fuscus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 |
Species
The 9 recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Nectamia annularis (Rüppell, 1829) (ringtail cardinalfish)
- Nectamia bandanensis (Bleeker, 1854) (bigeye cardinalfish)
- Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (ghost cardinalfish)
- Nectamia ignitops T. H. Fraser, 2008 (fire-eye cardinalfish)
- Nectamia luxuria T. H. Fraser, 2008 (multibarred cardinalfish)
- Nectamia savayensis (Günther, 1872) (Samoan cardinalfish)
- Nectamia similis T. H. Fraser, 2008 (similar cardinalfish)
- Nectamia viria T. H. Fraser, 2008 (bracelet cardinalfish)
- Nectamia zebrinus (T. H. Fraser, J. E. Randall & Lachner, 1999)
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.
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