Amioides

Amioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Amioides; H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Species:	A. polyacanthus
Binomial name
	Amioides polyacanthus; (Vaillant, 1877)
Synonyms
	Cheilodipterus polyacanthus Vaillant, 1877; Coranthus polyacanthus (Vaillant, 1877); Amia grossidens Smith & Radcliffe, 1912; Amioides grossidens (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912); Synagrops grossidens (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) ;

Amioides polyacanthus is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is endemic to the marine waters around the Philippines where it is found down to a depth of 80 m (260 ft). This species grows to a total length of 22 cm (8.7 in).¹ This species is the only known member of the genus Amioides.²

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amioides polyacanthus". FishBase. August 2015 version.
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.

[FB-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amioides polyacanthus". FishBase. August 2015 version.

[Mabuchi2014-2] 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. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.

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