Gymnapogon
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| Genus: | Gymnapogon Regan, 1905
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Gymnapogon is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae. They are native to the Indo-West Pacific and central Pacific Oceans, where they occur in reefs and nearby habitat types.[1] These species are usually no more than 5 centimeters long and have semitransparent bodies without scales.[1]
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Gymnapogon africanus J. L. B. Smith, 1954 (Crystal cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon annona (Whitley, 1936) (Naked cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon foraminosus (S. Tanaka (I), 1915)
- Gymnapogon janus T. H. Fraser, 2016 [3]
- Gymnapogon japonicus Regan, 1905
- Gymnapogon melanogaster Gon & Golani, 2002
- Gymnapogon philippinus (Herre, 1939) (Philippines cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon urospilotus Lachner, 1953 (B-spot cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938) (Vanderbilt's cardinalfish)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gymnapogon". FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fraser, T.H. (2016): A new species of cardinalfish (Gymnapogon, Gymnapogonini, Apogonidae, Percomorpha) from the Philippines. Zootaxa, 4107 (3): 431-438.
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