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Sailfin cardinalfish

The Sailfin cardinalfish is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus. It is a large, almost all-black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia. They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.

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Jun 27, 2026
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Length
172 w
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Sailfin cardinalfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Quinca
Species:
Q. mirifica
Binomial name
Quinca mirifica
(Mees, 1966)2
Synonyms

Pterapogon mirifica Mees, 1966

The Sailfin cardinalfish (Quinca mirifica) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus.3 It is a large, almost all-black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia.4 They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.

References

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2022). "Quinca mirifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T198376833A199991168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198376833A199991168.en. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  2. 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3846 (2): 151–203. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1. PMID 25112246.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Quinca mirifica". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  4. Dianne J. Bray. "Quinca mirifica". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 Sep 2018.