''Sphaeramia'' is a

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 the

Apogonidae 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 h ...

(cardinalfishes). They are marine fish that live in shallow tropical reefs in the

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

and

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: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.'' * ''

Sphaeramia nematoptera The pajama cardinalfish, spotted cardinalfish, coral cardinalfish, or polkadot cardinalfish (''Sphaeramia nematoptera'') is a species of fish belonging to the family Apogonidae. It is a popular aquarium fish. It grows to a total length around a ...

'' (

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Sphaeramia orbicularis The orbiculate cardinalfish, chubby cardinal, or polka-dot cardinalfish (''Sphaeramia orbicularis'') is a species of Apogonidae (cardinalfishes). It grows to about 10 cm total length, and has a thin, dark vertical 'waistband' with scattered dark ...

'' ( G. Cuvier, 1828) (orbiculate cardinalfish)

References

Apogoninae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler Taxa named by Barton Appler Bean {{Kurtiformes-stub