Archamia

For species that have been moved out of genus Archamia, see Archamia (fish).

Archamia bleekeri, also known as Gon's cardinalfish, is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is native to the coastal waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from Africa to Indonesia and from Taiwan to Queensland, Australia. This species occurs in mangrove forests and reefs, and is an inhabitant of shipwrecks, preferring silty areas with muddy or sandy substrates. This species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).^[1] This species is the only member of the genus Archamia. The other species were moved to the new genus Taeniamia in 2013.^[2][3]

Archamia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Archamia T. N. Gill, 1863
Species:	A. bleekeri
Binomial name
Archamia bleekeri (Günther, 1859)
Synonyms
Apogon bleekeri Günther, 1859 Apogon notata Day, 1868 Archamia goni Chen & Shao, 1993 Kurtamia bykhovskyi Prokofiev, 2006

Species formerly in genus Archamia

12 species were formerly assigned to this genus, but have now been moved into Taeniamia:^[4]

• Archamia ataenia J. E. Randall & Satapoomin, 1999
• Archamia biguttata Lachner, 1951 (Twinspot cardinalfish)
• Archamia bilineata Gon & J. E. Randall, 1995
• Archamia buruensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Buru cardinalfish)
• Archamia flavofasciata Gon & J. E. Randall, 2003
• Archamia fucata (Cantor, 1849) (Orangelined cardinalfish)
• Archamia leai Waite, 1916 (Lea's cardinalfish)
• Archamia lineolata (G. Cuvier, 1828) (Shimmering cardinal)
• Archamia macroptera (G. Cuvier, 1828) (Dusky-tailed cardinalfish)
• Archamia mozambiquensis J. L. B. Smith, 1961 (Mozambique cardinalfish)
• Archamia pallida Gon & J. E. Randall, 1995
• Archamia zosterophora (Bleeker, 1856) (Blackbelted cardinalfish)