Pseudamiops is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Pseudamiops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Kurtiformes |
Family: | Apogonidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudaminae |
Genus: | Pseudamiops J. L. B. Smith, 1954 |
Type species | |
Pseudamiops pellucidus J. L. B. Smith, 1954
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Synonyms | |
Lachneria Smith, 1954 |
Species
editThere are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Pseudamiops diaphanes J. E. Randall, 1998 (Transparent cardinalfish)
- Pseudamiops gracilicauda (Lachner, 1953) (Graceful-tailed cardinalfish)
- Pseudamiops pellucidus J. L. B. Smith, 1954 (Limpid cardinalfish)
- Pseudamiops phasma J. E. Randall, 2001
- Pseudamiops springeri Gon & Bogorodsky, 2013 [2]
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.
- ^ Gon, O., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2013): Description of a new species of the cardinalfish genus Pseudamiops (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3701 (1): 93–100.