Nectamia

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Nectamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean.

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Nectamia
Nectamia savayensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Nectamia
D. S. Jordan, 1917
Type species
Apogon fuscus
Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
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Species

The 9 recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Nectamia annularis (Rüppell, 1829) (ringtail cardinalfish)
  • Nectamia bandanensis (Bleeker, 1854) (bigeye cardinalfish)
  • Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (ghost cardinalfish)
  • Nectamia ignitops T. H. Fraser, 2008 (fire-eye cardinalfish)
  • Nectamia luxuria T. H. Fraser, 2008 (multibarred cardinalfish)
  • Nectamia savayensis (Günther, 1872) (Samoan cardinalfish)
  • Nectamia similis T. H. Fraser, 2008 (similar cardinalfish)
  • Nectamia viria T. H. Fraser, 2008 (bracelet cardinalfish)
  • Nectamia zebrinus (T. H. Fraser, J. E. Randall & Lachner, 1999)

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