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Neamia

Neamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

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Neamia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Neamia
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Type species
Neamia octospina
Smith & Radcliffe, 19121

Neamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:2

  • Neamia articycla T. H. Fraser & G. R. Allen, 2006 (circular cardinalfish)
  • Neamia notula T. H. Fraser & G. R. Allen, 2001 (gillspot cardinalfish)
  • Neamia octospina H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (eight-spine cardinalfish)
  • Neamia xenica T. H. Fraser, 2010
References

References

  1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Neamia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  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.