Cercamia
Genus of fishes
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Cercamia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
| Cercamia Temporal range: Late Miocene-present, | |
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| Cercamia eremia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Cercamia J. E. Randall & C. L. Smith, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Cercamia cladara Randall & Smith 1988[1] | |
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Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Cercamia cladara J. E. Randall & C. L. Smith, 1988
- Cercamia eremia (G. R. Allen, 1987) (glassy cardinalfish)
- Cercamia melanogaster G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Mahardini, 2015 (blackbelly cardinalfish) [3]
The former genus Apogonoides is now thought to be synonymous with Cercamia.[4] The extinct species †Cercamia cottreaui Arambourg, 1928 (described as Apogonoides cottreaui) is known from the Late Miocene of Algeria.[5][6][7]
