Apogon

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|55|0}} Eocene to present<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sepkoski |first=J. |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |date=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archivedate=2011-07-23 }}</ref> | image = Apogon maculatus.jpg | image_caption = ''Apogon maculatus'' | taxon = Apogon | authority = Lacepède, 1801 | type_species = ''Apogon ruber'' | type_species_authority = Lacepède, 1801 | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }}

'''''Apogon''''' is a large genus of fish in the family ''Apogonidae'', the '''cardinalfishes'''. They are among the most common fish on coral reefs.<ref name=mabuchi>{{cite journal | last1 = Mabuchi | first1 = K. | last2 = Okuda | first2 = N. | last3 = Nishida | first3 = M. | year = 2006 | title = ''Molecular phylogeny and stripe pattern evolution in the cardinalfish genus ''Apogon | url = http://www.ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~nokuda/research%26education/paper%20PDF/Mabuchi%202006.pdf | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 38 | issue = 1| pages = 90–99 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.003 | pmid=15979347 | bibcode = 2006MolPE..38...90M }}</ref> Over 200 species have been classified in genus ''Apogon'' as members of several subgenera.<ref name=mabuchi/> Some of these subgenera, such as ''Ostorhinchus'', have been elevated to genus status,<ref name=Fraser>{{cite journal | last1 = Fraser | first1 = T.H. | year = 2014 | title = A new genus of cardinalfish from tropical Australia and southern New Guinea (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03852p293f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3852 | issue = 2| pages = 283–293 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3852.2.7| pmid = 25284398 }}</ref> leaving just over 50 species in the genus.<ref name=Mabuchi2014/>

==Species== thumb|right|200px|{{Center|''A. caudicinctus''}} thumb|right|200px|{{Center|''A. robinsi''}} thumb|right|200px|{{Center|''A. semiornatus''}} thumb|right|200px|{{Center|''A. townsendi''}} The 50 recognized species in this genus are:<ref name=Mabuchi2014>{{cite journal | last1 = Mabuchi | first1 = K. | last2 = Fraser | first2 = T.H. | last3 = Song | first3 = H. | last4 = Azuma | first4 = Y. | last5 = Nishida | first5 = M. | year = 2014 | title = Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p203f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3846 | issue = 2| pages = 151–203 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1 | pmid = 25112246}}</ref> * ''A. americanus'' Castelnau, 1855 (Brazilian flamefish) * ''A. atradorsatus'' Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (blacktip cardinalfish) * ''A. atricaudus'' D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898 (plain cardinalfish) * ''A. aurolineatus'' (Mowbray, 1927) (bridle cardinalfish) * ''A. axillaris'' Valenciennes, 1832 (axillary-spot cardinalfish) * ''A. binotatus'' (Poey, 1867) (barred cardinalfish) * ''A. campbelli'' J. L. B. Smith, 1949 * ''A. cardinalis'' Seale, 1910 * ''A. caudicinctus'' J. E. Randall & C. L. Smith, 1988 (little tailband cardinalfish) * ''A. coccineus'' Rüppell, 1838 (ruby cardinalfish) * ''A. crassiceps'' Garman, 1903 (transparent cardinalfish) * ''A. dammermani'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 * ''A. deetsie'' J. E. Randall, 1998 (Deetsie's cardinalfish) * ''A. dianthus'' T. H. Fraser & J. E. Randall, 2002 * ''A. doryssa'' (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (longspine cardinalfish) * ''A. dovii'' Günther, 1862 (tailspot cardinalfish) * ''A. erythrinus'' Snyder, 1904 (Hawaiian ruby cardinalfish) * ''A. erythrosoma'' Gon & J. E. Randall, 2003 * ''A. gouldi'' Smith-Vaniz, 1977 (deepwater cardinalfish) * ''A. guadalupensis'' (R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916) (Guadalupe cardinalfish) * ''A. hypselonotus'' Bleeker, 1855 * ''A. imberbis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (cardinalfish) * ''A. indicus'' D. W. Greenfield, 2001 (Indian cardinalfish) * ''A. kautamea'' D. W. Greenfield & J. E. Randall, 2004 (Rapanui cardinalfish) * ''A. kominatoensis'' Ebina, 1935 * ''A. lachneri'' J. E. Böhlke, 1959 (whitestar cardinalfish) * ''A. lativittatus'' J. E. Randall, 2001 * ''A. leptocaulus'' C. R. Gilbert, 1972 (slendertail cardinalfish) * ''A. maculatus'' (Poey, 1860) (flamefish) * ''A. marquesensis'' D. W. Greenfield], 2001 * ''A. mosavi'' Dale, 1977 (dwarf cardinalfish) * ''A. pacificus'' (Herre, 1935) (pink cardinalfish) * ''A. phenax'' J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968 (mimic cardinalfish) * ''A. pillionatus'' J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968 (broadsaddle cardinalfish) * ''A. planifrons'' Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 (pale cardinalfish) * ''A. posterofasciatus'' G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2002 (rearbar cardinalfish) * ''A. pseudomaculatus'' Longley, 1932 (twospot cardinalfish) * ''A. quadrisquamatus'' Longley, 1934 (sawcheek cardinalfish) * ''A. retrosella'' (T. N. Gill, 1862) (barspot cardinalfish) * ''A. robbyi'' C. R. Gilbert & J. C. Tyler, 1997 (striped cardinalfish) * ''A. robinsi'' J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968 (roughlip cardinalfish) * ''A. rubellus'' (J. L. B. Smith], 1961) * ''A. rubrifuscus'' D. W. Greenfield & J. E. Randall, 2004 (flathead cardinalfish) * ''A. seminigracaudus'' D. W. Greenfield, 2007 (darktail cardinalfish) * ''A. semiornatus'' W. K. H. Peters, 1876 (oblique-banded cardinalfish) * ''A. susanae'' D. W. Greenfield, 2001 * ''A. talboti'' J. L. B. Smith, 1961 (flame cardinalfish) * ''A. townsendi'' (Breder, 1927) (belted cardinalfish) * ''A. tricinctus'' G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (threeband cardinalfish) * ''A. unicolor'' Steindachner & Döderlein (de), 1883 (big red cardinalfish)

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Category:Apogon Category:Apogoninae Category:Extant Eocene first appearances Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède