Vincentia (fish)

Vincentia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The generic name refers to Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, where the type specimen of V. waterhousii was collected.^[2]

Vincentia
Vincentia conspersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Vincentia Castelnau, 1872
Type species
Vincentia waterhousii (synonymous with Vincentia conspersa) Castelnau 1872[1]

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:^[3]

• Vincentia badia G. R. Allen, 1987 (scarlet cardinalfish)
• Vincentia conspersa (Klunzinger, 1872) (southern cardinalfish)
• Vincentia macrocauda G. R. Allen, 1987 (smooth cardinalfish)
• Vincentia novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1832) (eastern gobbleguts)
• Vincentia punctata (Klunzinger, 1879) (orange cardinalfish)