Sphaeramia
Appearance
Sphaeramia | |
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Sphaeramia nematoptera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Kurtiformes |
Family: | Apogonidae |
Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
Genus: | Sphaeramia Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1930 |
Type species | |
Apogon nematopterus Bleeker 1856
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Sphaeramia is a genus of the Apogonidae (cardinalfishes). They are marine fish that live in shallow tropical reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Species
[edit]The recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker, 1856) (pajama cardinalfish)
- Sphaeramia orbicularis (G. Cuvier, 1828) (orbiculate cardinalfish)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.