''Vincentia'' is a

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cardinalfish 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 ...

es native to the eastern

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and the southwestern

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. The generic name refers to

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, where the

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of ''V. waterhousii'' was collected.

Species

The 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.'' * ''

Vincentia badia Vincentia may refer to: Places * Vincentia, New South Wales, town in Australia * Vicentina, Brazil * Vicenza, city in northern Italy Organisms * ''Vincentia'' (fish), a genus of fishes * ''Vincentia'', junior synonym of the plant genus ''Grewia ...

'' G. R. Allen, 1987 (scarlet cardinalfish) * ''

Vincentia conspersa Vincentia may refer to: Places * Vincentia, New South Wales, town in Australia * Vicentina, Brazil * Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it ...

'' ( Klunzinger, 1872) (southern cardinalfish) * ''

Vincentia macrocauda Vincentia may refer to: Places * Vincentia, New South Wales, town in Australia * Vicentina, Brazil * Vicenza, city in northern Italy Organisms * ''Vincentia'' (fish), a genus of fishes * ''Vincentia'', junior synonym of the plant genus ''Grewia ...

'' G. R. Allen, 1987 (smooth cardinalfish) * ''

Vincentia novaehollandiae Vincentia may refer to: Places * Vincentia, New South Wales, town in Australia * Vicentina, Brazil * Vicenza, city in northern Italy Organisms * ''Vincentia'' (fish), a genus of fishes * ''Vincentia'', junior synonym of the plant genus ''Grewia ...

'' (

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

, 1832) (eastern gobbleguts) * ''

Vincentia punctata Vincentia may refer to: Places * Vincentia, New South Wales, town in Australia * Vicentina, Brazil * Vicenza, city in northern Italy Organisms * ''Vincentia'' (fish), a genus of fishes * ''Vincentia'', junior synonym of the plant genus ''Grewia ...

'' (Klunzinger, 1879) (orange cardinalfish)

References

Apogoninae Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau Marine fish genera {{Kurtiformes-stub