Gymnapogon
| Gymnapogon | |
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| Gymnapogon africanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Kurtiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudaminae |
| Genus: | Gymnapogon Regan, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Gymnapogon japonicus Regan, 1905[1]
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Gymnapogon is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae. They are native to the Indo-West Pacific and central Pacific Oceans, where they occur in reefs and nearby habitat types.[2] These species are usually no more than 5 centimeters long and have semitransparent bodies without scales.[2] The genus name is a compound noun formed by combining the Greek gymnos meaning "naked", referring to the lack of scales in the type species, Gymnapogon japonicus, and Apogon, the type genus of the Apogonidae.[3] One species, the B-spot cardinalfish (Gymnapogon urospilotus), is notable for its larvae being rather large, conspicuous and fast-swimming.[4]
Species[edit]
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Gymnapogon africanus J. L. B. Smith, 1954 (Crystal cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon annona (Whitley, 1936) (Naked cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon foraminosus (S. Tanaka (I), 1915)
- Gymnapogon janus T. H. Fraser, 2016 [6]
- Gymnapogon japonicus Regan, 1905
- Gymnapogon melanogaster Gon & Golani, 2002
- Gymnapogon philippinus (Herre, 1939) (Philippines cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon urospilotus Lachner, 1953 (B-spot cardinalfish)
- Gymnapogon vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938) (Vanderbilt's cardinalfish)
References[edit]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Gymnapogon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Gymnapogon in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2018). "Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fraser, T.H. (2016): A new species of cardinalfish (Gymnapogon, Gymnapogonini, Apogonidae, Percomorpha) from the Philippines. Zootaxa, 4107 (3): 431-438.
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