Amioides

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | status = | status_system = | display_parents = 2 | genus = Amioides | parent_authority = H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | species = polyacanthus | authority = (Vaillant, 1877) | synonyms_ref = <ref name=FB/> | synonyms = {{Specieslist| Cheilodipterus polyacanthus| Vaillant, 1877| Coranthus polyacanthus| (Vaillant, 1877)| Amia grossidens| Smith & Radcliffe, 1912| Amioides grossidens| (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)| Synagrops grossidens| (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) }} }}

'''''Amioides polyacanthus''''' is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is endemic to the marine waters around the Philippines where it is found down to a depth of {{convert|80|m|ft|abbr=on}}. This species grows to a total length of {{convert|22|cm|abbr=on}}.<ref name=FB>{{FishBase |genus= Amioides|species= polyacanthus| month = August | year = 2015}}</ref> This species is the only known member of the genus '''''Amioides'''''.<ref name=Mabuchi2014>Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014): [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p203f.pdf Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters.] ''Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.''</ref>

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Category:Apogoninae Category:Perciformes genera Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera Category:Monotypic marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Léon Vaillant Category:Fish described in 1912