Pristiapogon
Genus of fishes
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Pristiapogon is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Pristiapogon | |
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| Pristiapogon fraenatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Pristiapogon Klunzinger, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Apogon fraenatus Valenciennes, 1832 | |
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Pristiapogon abrogramma (T. H. Fraser & Lachner, 1985) (lateral-striped cardinalfish)
- Pristiapogon exostigma (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906) (narrow-striped cardinalfish)
- Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832) (bridled cardinalfish)
- Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856) (iridescent cardinalfish)
- Pristiapogon menesemus (O. P. Jenkins 1903)
- Pristiapogon taeniopterus (E. T. Bennett, 1836) (bandfin cardinalfish)
- Pristiapogon unitaeniatus (Allen, 1995) (single-striped cardinalfish)
