Sphaeramia is a genus of the Apogonidae (cardinalfishes). They are marine fish that live in shallow tropical reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
| Sphaeramia | |
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| Sphaeramia nematoptera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Sphaeramia Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Apogon nematopterus Bleeker 1856
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Species
editThe recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker, 1856) (pajama cardinalfish)
- Sphaeramia orbicularis (G. Cuvier, 1828) (orbiculate cardinalfish)
References
edit- ^ 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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