Glossamia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Apogonidae. The majority of the species are endemic to New Guinea, but G. aprion is also found in Australia.
| Glossamia | |
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| Glossamia aprion | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Kurtiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Glossamia T. N. Gill, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Apogon aprion Richardson, 1842
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Species edit
The 11 recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Glossamia abo (Herre, 1935)
- Glossamia aprion (J. Richardson, 1842) (mouth almighty)
- Glossamia arguni Hadiaty & G. R. Allen, 2011 [2]
- Glossamia beauforti (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Beaufort's mouth almighty)
- Glossamia gjellerupi (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929) (Gjellerup's mouth almighty)
- Glossamia heurni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929)
- Glossamia narindica T. R. Roberts, 1978 (slender mouth almighty)
- Glossamia sandei (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sande's mouth almighty)
- Glossamia timika G. R. Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 (Timika mouth almighty)
- Glossamia trifasciata (M. C. W. Weber], 1913) (three-barred mouth almighty)
- Glossamia wichmanni (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Wichmann's mouth almighty)
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.
- ^ Hadiaty, R.K. & Allen, G.R. (2011): Glossamia arguni, a new species of freshwater cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 17 (3): 173-180.
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