''Nectamia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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 ...
es native to the
Indian Ocean
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and the western and central
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
.
Species
The 9 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.''
* ''
Nectamia annularis''
( Rüppell, 1829) (ringtail cardinalfish)
* ''
Nectamia bandanensis''
( Bleeker, 1854) (bigeye cardinalfish)
* ''
Nectamia fusca''
( Quoy & Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1825) (ghost cardinalfish)
* ''
Nectamia ignitops''
T. H. Fraser, 2008 (fire-eye cardinalfish)
* ''
Nectamia luxuria''
T. H. Fraser, 2008 (multibarred cardinalfish)
* ''
Nectamia savayensis''
( Günther, 1872) (Samoan cardinalfish)
* ''
Nectamia similis''
T. H. Fraser, 2008 (similar cardinalfish)
* ''
Nectamia viria''
T. H. Fraser, 2008 (bracelet cardinalfish)
* ''
Nectamia zebrinus''
(T. H. Fraser, J. E. Randall & Lachner, 1999)
References
Apogoninae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
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