''Pseudamiops'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cardinalfish
Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water and a few (notably '' Glossamia'') are found in fresh water. A ...
es native to the
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...
and
Indian oceans.
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
[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.''
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Pseudamiops diaphanes''
J. E. Randall, 1998 (Transparent cardinalfish)
* ''
Pseudamiops gracilicauda''
( Lachner, 1953) (Graceful-tailed cardinalfish)
* ''
Pseudamiops pellucidus''
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1954 (Limpid cardinalfish)
* ''
Pseudamiops phasma''
J. E. Randall, 2001
* ''
Pseudamiops springeri''
Gon & Bogorodsky, 2013 [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.''
References
Pseudaminae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by J. L. B. Smith
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