Phaeoptyx is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Phaeoptyx | |
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Phaeoptyx conklini | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Apogonidae |
Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
Genus: | Phaeoptyx T. H. Fraser & C. R. Robins, 1970 |
Type species | |
Amia conklini Silvester, 1915
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Species
editThe recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Phaeoptyx conklini (Silvester, 1915) (freckled cardinalfish)
- Phaeoptyx pigmentaria (Poey, 1860) (dusky cardinalfish)
- Phaeoptyx xenus (J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968) (sponge cardinalfish)
References
edit- ^ 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.