''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of

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s. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of southwestern India is the only fossil record for this genus.

Species

The 24 recognized species in this genus are:Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014)
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Siphamia arabica ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of ...

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Siphamia argentea ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of ...

'' Lachner, 1953 (silver siphonfish) * '' Siphamia brevilux'' Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 (shortlight siphonfish) * '' Siphamia cephalotes'' ( Castelnau, 1875) (Wood's siphonfish) * ''

Siphamia corallicola ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of ...

'' G. R. Allen, 1993 (coral siphonfish) * '' Siphamia cuneiceps'' Whitley, 1941 (wedgehead siphonfish) * '' Siphamia cyanophthalma'' Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 (blue-eye siphonfish) * '' Siphamia elongata'' Lachner, 1953 (elongated siphonfish) * '' Siphamia fistulosa'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Fistulose cardinalfish) * ''

Siphamia fraseri ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of so ...

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Siphamia fuscolineata ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of so ...

'' Lachner, 1953 (crown-of-thorns cardinalfish) * ''

Siphamia goreni ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of so ...

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Siphamia guttulatus ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of so ...

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Siphamia jebbi ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of so ...

'' G. R. Allen, 1993 (Jebb's siphonfish) * ''

Siphamia majimai ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of so ...

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& Iwai, 1958 (striped siphonfish) * '' Siphamia mossambica''

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Siphamia papuensis ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of so ...

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, 2014 (Papuan siphonfish) Gon, O., Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Gouws, G. (2014): A new species of the cardinalfish genus ''Siphamia'' (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from West Papua, Indonesia. ''Zootaxa, 3881 (4): 328–340.'' * ''

Siphamia randalli ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of ...

'' Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 * '' Siphamia roseigaster'' ( E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1887) (pink-breasted siphonfish) * ''

Siphamia senoui ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of so ...

'' Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 * '' Siphamia spinicola'' Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 (reef siphonfish) * '' Siphamia stenotes'' Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 (narrow-lined siphonfish) * ''

Siphamia tubifer ''Siphamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins. ''Siphamia minor'', a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of ...

'' M. C. W. Weber, 1909 (tubifer cardinalfish) * '' Siphamia tubulata'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (siphonfish) * ''Siphamia minor'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith-based fossil species)

References

Apogoninae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber {{ray-finned fish-stub