Yarica

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Yarica
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Mangrove cardinalfish Yarica hyalosoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Yarica
Whitley, 1930 [1]
Type species
Apogon torresiensis
Castelnau, 1875 [2]

Yarica is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are: [1]

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<i>Apogonichthys</i> Genus of fishes

Apogonichthys is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

<i>Cercamia</i> Genus of fishes

Cercamia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

<i>Cheilodipterus</i> Genus of fishes

Cheilodipterus is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

<i>Foa</i> (fish) Genus of fishes

Foa is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

<i>Fowleria</i> Genus of fishes

Fowleria is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The name of this genus honors the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler ( ) of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, who attended Stanford University, where he was a student of David Starr Jordan's.

<i>Gymnapogon</i> Genus of fishes

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. These species are usually no more than 5 centimeters long and have semitransparent bodies without scales. The genus name is a compound noun formed by combining the Greek gymnos meaning "naked", referring to the lack of scales in the type species, Gymnapogon japonicus, and Apogon, the type genus of the Apogonidae. One species, the B-spot cardinalfish, is notable for its larvae being rather large, conspicuous and fast-swimming.

<i>Holapogon</i> Genus of fishes

Holapogon maximus, the titan cardinalfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. This species is the only known member of the genus Holapogon. It is native to the Arabian coast and the Gulf of Oman, and it has recently been recorded from the coast of India. It lives at depths of from 83 to 100 m. This species grows to a total length of 25 cm (9.8 in).

Lachneratus phasmaticus, also known as the phantom cardinalfish, is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is the only member of its genus. It is native to the tropical eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans. This fish can be found in crevices and underwater caves, and it occurs at depths of 3 to 104 m. It grows to a standard length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).

<i>Lepidamia</i> Genus of fishes

Lepidamia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes.

<i>Zapogon</i> Genus of fishes

Zapogon is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes.

<i>Zoramia</i> Genus of fishes

Zoramia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

<i>Archamia</i> Genus of fishes

Archamia bleekeri, also known as Gon's cardinalfish, is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is native to the coastal waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from Africa to Indonesia and from Taiwan to Queensland, Australia. This species occurs in mangrove forests and reefs, and is an inhabitant of shipwrecks, preferring silty areas with muddy or sandy substrates. This species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in). This species is the only member of its genus. The other species were moved to the new genus Taeniamia in 2013.

<i>Taeniamia</i> Genus of fishes

Taeniamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

<i>Fibramia</i> Genus of fishes

Fibramia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae from the Indian Ocean.

Amioides polyacanthus is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is endemic to the marine waters around the Philippines where it is found down to a depth of 80 m (260 ft). This species grows to a total length of 22 cm (8.7 in). This species is the only known member of its genus.

The Sailfin cardinalfish is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus. It is a large, almost all black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia. They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.

<i>Verulux</i> Genus of fishes

Verulux is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

References

  1. 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. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Yarica". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 September 2018.