''Pseudamiops'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
cardinalfishes native to the
Pacific and
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
oceans.
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
[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.''
* ''
Pseudamiops diaphanes''
J. E. Randall, 1998 (Transparent cardinalfish)
* ''
Pseudamiops gracilicauda''
( Lachner, 1953) (Graceful-tailed cardinalfish)
* ''
Pseudamiops pellucidus''
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
, 1954 (Limpid cardinalfish)
* ''
Pseudamiops phasma''
J. E. Randall, 2001
* ''
Pseudamiops springeri''
Gon & Bogorodsky, 2013 [Gon, O., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2013)]
Description of a new species of the cardinalfish genus ''Pseudamiops'' (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Red Sea.
''Zootaxa, 3701 (1): 93–100.''
References
Pseudaminae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by J. L. B. Smith
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