Apogonichthyoides

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
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]

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]

Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus
A. nigripinnis

Species

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
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, 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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