# Apogon
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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|55|0}}
[Eocene](/source/Eocene) to present[{{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
}}]
| image = Apogon maculatus.jpg
| image_caption = ''Apogon maculatus''
| taxon = Apogon
| authority = [Lacepède](/source/Bernard_Germain_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de), 1801
| type_species = ''[Apogon ruber](/source/Apogon_ruber)''
| type_species_authority = [Lacepède](/source/Bernard_Germain_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de), 1801
| subdivision_ranks =
| subdivision =
}}
'''''Apogon''''' is a large [genus](/source/genus) of fish in the family ''[Apogonidae](/source/Apogonidae)'', the '''cardinalfishes'''. They are among the most common fish on [coral reef](/source/coral_reef)s.[{{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 }}] Over 200 species have been classified in genus ''Apogon'' as members of several subgenera.[ Some of these subgenera, such as ''[Ostorhinchus](/source/Ostorhinchus)'', have been elevated to genus status,][{{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 }}] leaving just over 50 species in the genus.[
==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:][{{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}}]
* ''[A. americanus](/source/Apogon_americanus)'' [Castelnau](/source/Francis_de_Laporte_de_Castelnau), 1855 (Brazilian flamefish)
* ''[A. atradorsatus](/source/Apogon_atradorsatus)'' [Heller](/source/Edmund_Heller) & [Snodgrass](/source/Robert_Evans_Snodgrass), 1903 (blacktip cardinalfish)
* ''[A. atricaudus](/source/Apogon_atricaudus)'' [D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [E. A. McGregor](/source/Ernest_Alexander_McGregor), 1898 (plain cardinalfish)
* ''[A. aurolineatus](/source/Apogon_aurolineatus)'' ([Mowbray](/source/Louis_Leon_Arthur_Mowbray), 1927) (bridle cardinalfish)
* ''[A. axillaris](/source/Apogon_axillaris)'' [Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1832 (axillary-spot cardinalfish)
* ''[A. binotatus](/source/Apogon_binotatus)'' ([Poey](/source/Felipe_Poey_y_Aloy), 1867) (barred cardinalfish)
* ''[A. campbelli](/source/Apogon_campbelli)'' [J. L. B. Smith](/source/James_Leonard_Brierley_Smith), 1949
* ''[A. cardinalis](/source/Apogon_cardinalis)'' [Seale](/source/Alvin_Seale), 1910
* ''[A. caudicinctus](/source/Apogon_caudicinctus)'' [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall) & [C. L. Smith](/source/Clarence_Lavett_Smith), 1988 (little tailband cardinalfish)
* ''[A. coccineus](/source/Apogon_coccineus)'' [Rüppell](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1838 (ruby cardinalfish)
* ''[A. crassiceps](/source/Apogon_crassiceps)'' [Garman](/source/Samuel_Garman), 1903 (transparent cardinalfish)
* ''[A. dammermani](/source/Apogon_dammermani)'' [M. C. W. Weber](/source/Max_Carl_Wilhelm_Weber) & [de Beaufort](/source/Lieven_Ferdinand_de_Beaufort), 1929
* ''[A. deetsie](/source/Apogon_deetsie)'' J. E. Randall, 1998 (Deetsie's cardinalfish)
* ''[A. dianthus](/source/Apogon_dianthus)'' [T. H. Fraser](/source/Thomas_Henry_Fraser) & J. E. Randall, 2002
* ''[A. doryssa](/source/Apogon_doryssa)'' (D. S. Jordan & [Seale](/source/Alvin_Seale), 1906) (longspine cardinalfish)
* ''[A. dovii](/source/Apogon_dovii)'' [Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1862 (tailspot cardinalfish)
* ''[A. erythrinus](/source/Apogon_erythrinus)'' [Snyder](/source/John_Otterbein_Snyder), 1904 (Hawaiian ruby cardinalfish)
* ''[A. erythrosoma](/source/Apogon_erythrosoma)'' [Gon](/source/Ofer_Gon) & J. E. Randall, 2003
* ''[A. gouldi](/source/Apogon_gouldi)'' [Smith-Vaniz](/source/William_Farr_Smith-Vaniz), 1977 (deepwater cardinalfish)
* ''[A. guadalupensis](/source/Apogon_guadalupensis)'' ([R. C. Osburn](/source/Raymond_Carroll_Osburn) & [Nichols](/source/John_Treadwell_Nichols), 1916) (Guadalupe cardinalfish)
* ''[A. hypselonotus](/source/Apogon_hypselonotus)'' [Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1855
* ''[A. imberbis](/source/Apogon_imberbis)'' ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)) (cardinalfish)
* ''[A. indicus](/source/Apogon_indicus)'' [D. W. Greenfield](/source/David_Wayne_Greenfield), 2001 (Indian cardinalfish)
* ''[A. kautamea](/source/Apogon_kautamea)'' D. W. Greenfield & [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall), 2004 (Rapanui cardinalfish)
* ''[A. kominatoensis](/source/Apogon_kominatoensis)'' Ebina, 1935
* ''[A. lachneri](/source/Apogon_lachneri)'' [J. E. Böhlke](/source/James_Erwin_B%C3%B6hlke), 1959 (whitestar cardinalfish)
* ''[A. lativittatus](/source/Apogon_lativittatus)'' J. E. Randall, 2001
* ''[A. leptocaulus](/source/Apogon_leptocaulus)'' [C. R. Gilbert](/source/Carter_Rowell_Gilbert), 1972 (slendertail cardinalfish)
* ''[A. maculatus](/source/Apogon_maculatus)'' ([Poey](/source/Felipe_Poey_y_Aloy), 1860) (flamefish)
* ''[A. marquesensis](/source/Apogon_marquesensis)'' D. W. Greenfield], 2001
* ''[A. mosavi](/source/Apogon_mosavi)'' [Dale](/source/George_Dale_(ichthyologist)), 1977 (dwarf cardinalfish)
* ''[A. pacificus](/source/Apogon_pacificus)'' ([Herre](/source/Albert_William_Herre), 1935) (pink cardinalfish)
* ''[A. phenax](/source/Apogon_phenax)'' J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968 (mimic cardinalfish)
* ''[A. pillionatus](/source/Apogon_pillionatus)'' J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968 (broadsaddle cardinalfish)
* ''[A. planifrons](/source/Apogon_planifrons)'' [Longley](/source/William_Harding_Longley) & [Hildebrand](/source/Samuel_Frederick_Hildebrand), 1940 (pale cardinalfish)
* ''[A. posterofasciatus](/source/Apogon_posterofasciatus)'' [G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & J. E. Randall, 2002 (rearbar cardinalfish)
* ''[A. pseudomaculatus](/source/Apogon_pseudomaculatus)'' [Longley](/source/William_Harding_Longley), 1932 (twospot cardinalfish)
* ''[A. quadrisquamatus](/source/Apogon_quadrisquamatus)'' Longley, 1934 (sawcheek cardinalfish)
* ''[A. retrosella](/source/Apogon_retrosella)'' ([T. N. Gill](/source/Theodore_Nicholas_Gill), 1862) (barspot cardinalfish)
* ''[A. robbyi](/source/Apogon_robbyi)'' [C. R. Gilbert](/source/Carter_Rowell_Gilbert) & [J. C. Tyler](/source/James_Chase_Tyler_II), 1997 (striped cardinalfish)
* ''[A. robinsi](/source/Apogon_robinsi)'' J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968 (roughlip cardinalfish)
* ''[A. rubellus](/source/Apogon_rubellus)'' (J. L. B. Smith], 1961)
* ''[A. rubrifuscus](/source/Apogon_rubrifuscus)'' [D. W. Greenfield](/source/David_Wayne_Greenfield) & J. E. Randall, 2004 (flathead cardinalfish)
* ''[A. seminigracaudus](/source/Apogon_seminigracaudus)'' D. W. Greenfield, 2007 (darktail cardinalfish)
* ''[A. semiornatus](/source/Apogon_semiornatus)'' [W. K. H. Peters](/source/Wilhelm_Peters), 1876 (oblique-banded cardinalfish)
* ''[A. susanae](/source/Apogon_susanae)'' D. W. Greenfield, 2001
* ''[A. talboti](/source/Apogon_talboti)'' J. L. B. Smith, 1961 (flame cardinalfish)
* ''[A. townsendi](/source/Apogon_townsendi)'' ([Breder](/source/Charles_Marcus_Breder_Jr.), 1927) (belted cardinalfish)
* ''[A. tricinctus](/source/Apogon_tricinctus)'' G. R. Allen & [Erdmann](/source/Mark_van_Nydeck_Erdmann), 2012 (threeband cardinalfish)
* ''[A. unicolor](/source/Apogon_unicolor)'' [Steindachner](/source/Franz_Steindachner) & [Döderlein](/source/Ludwig_Heinrich_Philipp_D%C3%B6derlein) ([de](/source/%3Ade%3ALudwig_Heinrich_Philipp_D%C3%B6derlein)), 1883 (big red cardinalfish)
==References==
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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
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