Zoramia

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Zoramia
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Zoramia leptacantha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Zoramia
D. S. Jordan, 1917
Type species
Apogon graeffii a synonym of Zoramia leptacantha
Günther, 1873 [1]

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

Species

The recognized species in this genus are: [2]

Related Research Articles

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<i>Apogon</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Nectamia</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Ostorhinchus cyanosoma</i> Species of fish

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<i>Apogonichthyoides</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Cercamia</i> Genus of fishes

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<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>Lepidamia</i> Genus of fishes

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

<i>Ostorhinchus</i> Genus of fishes

Ostorhinchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Apogonidae native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

<i>Phaeoptyx</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Pristiapogon</i> Genus of fishes

Pristiapogon is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

<i>Pristicon</i> Genus of fishes

Pristicon is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.

Pseudamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Pseudamiops is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Pacific and Indian oceans.

<i>Rhabdamia</i> Genus of fishes

Rhabdamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

<i>Zapogon</i> Genus of fishes

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

<i>Taeniamia</i> Genus of fishes

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

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Zoramia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  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.