Apogonichthyoides

Apogonichthyoides
Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus
Scientific classification
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]

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

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.[3]

Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus
Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis

Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Apogonichthyoides in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Apogonichthyoides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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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