Apogon

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Apogon
Temporal range: 55–0  Ma
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Eocene to present [1]
Apogon maculatus.jpg
Apogon maculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Apogon
Lacepède, 1801
Type species
Apogon ruber
Lacepède, 1801

Apogon is a large genus of fish in the family Apogonidae , the cardinalfishes. They are among the most common fish on coral reefs. [2] Over 200 species have been classified in genus Apogon as members of several subgenera. [2] Some of these subgenera, such as Ostorhinchus , have been elevated to genus status, [3] leaving just over 50 species in the genus. [4]

Species

A. caudicinctus Apogon caudicinctus.jpg
A. caudicinctus
A. robinsi Apogon robinsi - pone.0010676.g071.png
A. robinsi
A. semiornatus YamiTDsyg.jpg
A. semiornatus
A. townsendi Apogon townsendi - pone.0010676.g072.png
A. townsendi

The 50 recognized species in this genus are: [4]

References

  1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
  2. 1 2 Mabuchi, K.; Okuda, N.; Nishida, M. (2006). "Molecular phylogeny and stripe pattern evolution in the cardinalfish genus Apogon" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38 (1): 90–99. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.003. PMID   15979347.
  3. Fraser, T.H. (2014). "A new genus of cardinalfish from tropical Australia and southern New Guinea (Percomorpha: Apogonidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3852 (2): 283–293. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3852.2.7. PMID   25284398.
  4. 1 2 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3846 (2): 151–203. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1. PMID   25112246.