Jaydia

Jaydia
Jaydia argyrogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Jaydia J. L. B. Smith, 1961

Jaydia is a genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Jaydia albomarginatus (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
• Jaydia argyrogaster (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Silvermouth siphonfish)
• Jaydia carinata (G. Cuvier, 1828) (Ocellate cardinalfish)
• Jaydia catalai (Fourmanoir, 1973)
• Jaydia erythrophthalma Gon, Y. C. Liao & K. T. Shao, 2015 ^[2]
• Jaydia hungi (Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965)
• Jaydia lineata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) (Indian perch)
• Jaydia melanopus (M. C. W. Weber, 1911) (Monster cardinalfish)
• Jaydia novaeguineae (Valenciennes, 1832)
• Jaydia photogaster (Gon & G. R. Allen, 1998) (Silverbelly cardinalfish)
• Jaydia poecilopterus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (Pearly-finned cardinalfish)
• Jaydia quarta (T. H. Fraser, 2000)
• Jaydia queketti (Gilchrist, 1903) (Spotfin cardinalfish)
• Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970 (Smith's cardinalfish)
• Jaydia striata (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
• Jaydia striatodes (Gon, 1997)
• Jaydia tchefouensis (P. W. Fang, 1942)
• Jaydia truncata (Bleeker, 1855) (Flagfin cardinalfish)

References

1. 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.
2. Gon, O., Liao, Y.-C. & Shao, K.-T. (2015): A new species of the cardinalfish genus Jaydia (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa, 3980 (2): 286–292.