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

Apogonichthyoides
Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Apogonichthyoides
J. L. B. Smith, 1949[1]
Type species
Amia uninotata
H.M. Smith & Radcliffe 1912[2]

This genus was separated from Apogon in 2010. These species are light brown to brownish black in color, often with dark, elongated spots or stripes. Usually, they have a line on the cheek and two bars on the body. Some species have an eye-like spot on the side of the body.[3]

Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus
A. nigripinnis

Species

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The 24 recognized species in this genus are:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Apogonichthyoides". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Apogonichthyoides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. ^ Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. (2010): Cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides Smith, 1949 (Apogonidae) with a description of a new species from the West-Pacific region. Zootaxa, 2348: 40-56.
  4. ^ 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.