Vincentia (fish)
Genus of fishes
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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 | |
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| Vincentia conspersa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| 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)
