Amioides
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 its genus.[2]
| Amioides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Kurtiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Amioides H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
| Species: | A. polyacanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amioides polyacanthus (Vaillant, 1877) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amioides grossidens Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Amioides polyacanthus" in 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.
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