Apogonichthyoides

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

Apogonichthyoides
Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Apogonichthyoides J. L. B. Smith, 1949[1]
Type species
Amia uninotata H.M. Smith & Radcliffe 1912[2]

This genus was separated from Apogon in 2010. These species are light brown to brownish black in color, often with dark, elongated spots or stripes. Usually, they have a line on the cheek and two bars on the body. Some species have an eye-like spot on the side of the body.^[3]

Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus

A. nigripinnis

Species

The 24 recognized species in this genus are:^[4]

• Apogonichthyoides atripes (J. D. Ogilby, 1916) (bullseye cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (many-banded cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides cantoris (Bleeker, 1851)
• Apogonichthyoides cathetogramma (S. Tanaka (I), 1917)
• Apogonichthyoides chrysurus (J. D. Ogilby, 1889) (golden cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides enigmaticus J. L. B. Smith, 1961
• Apogonichthyoides erdmanni T. H. Fraser & G. R. Allen, 2011 (deep-reef cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides euspilotus (T. H. Fraser, 2006)
• Apogonichthyoides gardineri (Regan, 1908)
• Apogonichthyoides heptastygma (G. Cuvier, 1828)
• Apogonichthyoides maculipinnis (Regan, 1908)
• Apogonichthyoides melas (Bleeker, 1848) (black cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides miniatus T. H. Fraser, 2010
• Apogonichthyoides niger (Döderlein (de), 1883)
• Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis (G. Cuvier, 1828) (bullseye)
• Apogonichthyoides opercularis (W. J. Macleay, 1878) (pearly-cheek cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (Bellotti, 1874)
• Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus (Gon, 1986) (doublebar cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides regani (Whitley, 1951)
• Apogonichthyoides sialis (D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914) (twinbar cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides taeniatus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (twobelt cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker, 1854) (Timor cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides umbratilis T. H. Fraser & G. R. Allen, 2010 (cryptic cardinalfish)
• Apogonichthyoides uninotatus (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (onespot cardinalfish)