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''Verulux'' is a
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fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
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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. ...
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Species

The recognized species in this genus are: * '' Verulux cypselurus'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Swallow-tail cardinalfish) * '' Verulux solmaculata''
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& Motomura, 2016
(sun-spot cardinalfish) Yoshida, T. & Motomura, H. (2016): A new cardinalfish, ''Verulux solmaculata'' (Perciformes: Apogonidae), from Papua New Guinea and Australia. ''Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 64–70.''


References

Apogonidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Thomas H. Fraser {{Kurtiformes-stub