Apogon

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Apogon
Temporal range: 55–0 Ma

Eocene to Present[1]
File:Apogon maculatus.jpg
Apogon maculatus
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Apogon

Lacepède, 1801
Type species
Apogon ruber,
Lacepède, 1801

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Apogon is a large genus of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are among the most common fish on coral reefs.[2] Over 200 species have been classified in genus Apogon as members of several subgenera.[2] Some of these subgenera, such as Ostorhinchus, have been elevated to genus status,[3] leaving just over 50 species in genus Apogon.[4]

Species

File:Apogon caudicinctus.jpg
Apogon caudicinctus

There are currently 50 recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Mabuchi, K., Okuda, N. & Nishida, M. (2006): Molecular phylogeny and stripe pattern evolution in the cardinalfish genus Apogon. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38 (1): 90-99.
  3. Fraser, T.H. (2014): A new genus of cardinalfish from tropical Australia and southern New Guinea (Percomorpha: Apogonidae). Zootaxa, 3852 (2): 283–293.
  4. 4.0 4.1 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.

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