''Neamia'' 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
Indian Ocean
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and the western
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, 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 ...
.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
[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.''
* ''
Neamia articycla
''Neamia'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014)Revision of the systematics of ...
''
T. H. Fraser & G. R. Allen, 2006 (circular cardinalfish)
* ''
Neamia notula''
T. H. Fraser & G. R. Allen, 2001 (gillspot cardinalfish)
* ''
Neamia octospina''
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (eight-spine cardinalfish)
* ''
Neamia xenica''
T. H. Fraser, 2010
References
Apogoninae
Fish described in 1912
Taxa named by Hugh McCormick Smith
Taxa named by Lewis Radcliffe
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