Pseudamia

Genus of fishes

Pseudamia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Pseudaminae
Genus: Pseudamia
Bleeker, 1865
Type species
Cheilodipterus polystigma, a synonym of Pseudamia amblyuroptera
Bleeker, 1860[1]

Pseudamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Pseudamia amblyuroptera (Bleeker, 1856) (White-jawed cardinalfish)
  • Pseudamia gelatinosa J. L. B. Smith, 1956 (Gelatinous cardinalfish)
  • Pseudamia hayashii J. E. Randall, Lachner & T. H. Fraser, 1985 (Hayashi's cardinalfish)
  • Pseudamia nigra G. R. Allen, 1992 (Estuary cardinalfish)
  • Pseudamia rubra J. E. Randall & H. Ida, 1993
  • Pseudamia tarri J. E. Randall, Lachner & T. H. Fraser, 1985 (Tarr's cardinalfish)
  • Pseudamia zonata J. E. Randall, Lachner & T. H. Fraser, 1985 (Paddlefish cardinalfish)

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudamia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudamia
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