genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...
and the western
Pacific Ocean
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 definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Apogonichthys landoni
''Apogonichthys'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
* '' Apogonichthys landoni'' Herre, 1934
* '' Apogonichthys ocellatus'' ( M. C. W. Weber ...
Apogonichthys ocellatus
''Apogonichthys'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
* ''Apogonichthys landoni'' Herre, 1934
* '' Apogonichthys ocellatus'' ( M. C. W. Weber, ...
FishBase
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish). It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web.