| Pseudaminae | |
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| Gymnapogon africanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudaminae J.L.B. Smith, 19541 |
The Pseudaminae is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes, one of two subfamilies of the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are characterised by having large caniform teeth which are placed on the on dentary and premaxillae, by having the lateral line absent or incomplete, by having no scales or if scales are present they are cycloid. One species, Gymnapogon urospilotus, is notable for its larvae being rather large and fast-swimming.2
Genera
Four genera make up the subfamily Pseudaminae:2
- Gymnapogon Regan, 1905
- Paxton C. C. Baldwin & G. D. Johnson, 1999
- Pseudamia Bleeker, 1865
- Pseudamiops J. L. B. Smith, 1954
References
References
- Nicolas Bailly (2017). Bailly N (ed.). "Apogonidae Günther, 1859". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.