Phaeoptyx Xenus
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''Phaeoptyx'' 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 western
Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
.


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.''
* ''
Phaeoptyx conklini ''Phaeoptyx'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of ...
'' ( Silvester, 1915) (freckled cardinalfish) * ''
Phaeoptyx pigmentaria ''Phaeoptyx'' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Atlantic 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 the cardinalfishe ...
'' ( Poey, 1860) (dusky cardinalfish) * '' Phaeoptyx xenus'' ( J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968) (sponge cardinalfish)


References

Apogoninae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Thomas H. Fraser {{Gobiiformes-stub