Gymnapogon

Gymnapogon
Gymnapogon africanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Gymnapogon
Regan, 1905

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.[1] These species are usually no more than 5 centimeters long and have semitransparent bodies without scales.[1]

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Gymnapogon in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  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.
  3. 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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