''Glossamia'' is a
genus
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of freshwater fish in the family
Apogonidae
Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water and a few (notably ''Glossamia'') are found in fresh water. A h ...
. The majority of the species are
endemic
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to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
, but ''G. aprion'' is also found in
Australia
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.
Species
The 11 recognized species in this genus are:
[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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Glossamia abo''
( Herre, 1935)
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Glossamia aprion
''Glossamia aprion'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, from northern Australia and New Guinea. In Australia, it is commonly known as the mouth almighty.
Description
''G. aprion'' has a cr ...
''
( J. Richardson, 1842) (mouth almighty)
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Glossamia arguni''
Hadiaty & G. R. Allen, 2011 [Hadiaty, R.K. & Allen, G.R. (2011)]
''Glossamia arguni'', a new species of freshwater cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia.
''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 17 (3): 173-180.''
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Glossamia beauforti''
( M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Beaufort's mouth almighty)
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Glossamia gjellerupi''
(M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929) (Gjellerup's mouth almighty)
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Glossamia heurni''
(M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929)
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Glossamia narindica''
T. R. Roberts, 1978 (slender mouth almighty)
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Glossamia sandei''
(M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sande's mouth almighty)
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Glossamia timika''
G. R. Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 (Timika mouth almighty)
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Glossamia trifasciata''
(M. C. W. Weber], 1913) (three-barred mouth almighty)
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Glossamia wichmanni''
(M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Wichmann's mouth almighty)
References
Apogoninae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Endemic fauna of New Guinea
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