Apogonidae

Taxobox
name = Cardinalfishes

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Banggai cardinalfish, "Pterapogon kauderni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
subordo = Percoidei
superfamilia = Percoidea
familia = Apogonidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "See text"

Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water. A handful of species are kept in the aquarium and are popular as small, peaceful fish.

Genera

FishBase lists 331 species in the following 24 genera. The genus "Epigonus", formerly classified in Apogonidae, is placed in a separate family, Epigonidae, by FishBase.

Subfamily Apigoninae
* "Apogon"
* "Apogonichthys"
* "Archamia"
* "Astrapogon"
* "Cercamia"
* "Cheilodipterus"
* "Coranthus"
* "Fowleria"
* "Glossamia"
* "Holapogon"
* "Lachneratus"
* "Mionorus"
* "Neamia"
* "Nectamia"
* "Phaeoptyx"
* "Pterapogon"
* "Rhabdamia"
* "Siphamia"
* "Sphaeramia"
* "Vincentia"

Subfamily Pseudaminae
* "Gymnapogon"
* "Paxton"
* "Pseudamia"
* "Pseudamiops"

References

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* [http://www.zoobank.org/namedetails.htm ZooBank]