Amioides

Amioides polyacanthus is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is endemic to the marine waters around the Philippines where it is found down to a depth of 80 m (260 ft). This species grows to a total length of 22 cm (8.7 in).^[1] This species is the only known member of the genus Amioides.^[2]

Amioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Amioides H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Species:	A. polyacanthus
Binomial name
Amioides polyacanthus (Vaillant, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
Cheilodipterus polyacanthus Vaillant, 1877 Coranthus polyacanthus (Vaillant, 1877) Amia grossidens Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 Amioides grossidens (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) Synagrops grossidens (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)