# Nectamia

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Nectamia savayensis (Day).png
| image_caption = ''Nectamia savayensis''
| taxon = Nectamia
| authority = [D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan), 1917
| type_species = '' Apogon fuscus''
| type_species_authority = Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
}}

'''''Nectamia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [cardinalfish](/source/cardinalfish)es native to the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean) and the western and central [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean).

==Species==
The 9 recognized species in this genus are:<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>
* ''[Nectamia annularis](/source/Nectamia_annularis)'' <small>([Rüppell](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1829)</small> (ringtail cardinalfish)
* ''[Nectamia bandanensis](/source/Nectamia_bandanensis)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1854)</small> (bigeye cardinalfish)
* ''[Nectamia fusca](/source/Nectamia_fusca)'' <small>([Quoy](/source/Jean_Ren%C3%A9_Constant_Quoy) & [Gaimard](/source/Joseph_Paul_Gaimard), 1825)</small> (ghost cardinalfish)
* ''[Nectamia ignitops](/source/Nectamia_ignitops)'' <small>[T. H. Fraser](/source/Thomas_Henry_Fraser), 2008</small> (fire-eye cardinalfish)
* ''[Nectamia luxuria](/source/Nectamia_luxuria)'' <small>T. H. Fraser, 2008</small> (multibarred cardinalfish)
* ''[Nectamia savayensis](/source/Nectamia_savayensis)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1872)</small> (Samoan cardinalfish)
* ''[Nectamia similis](/source/Nectamia_similis)'' <small>T. H. Fraser, 2008</small> (similar cardinalfish)
* ''[Nectamia viria](/source/Nectamia_viria)'' <small>T. H. Fraser, 2008</small> (bracelet cardinalfish)
* ''[Nectamia zebrinus](/source/Nectamia_zebrinus)'' <small>(T. H. Fraser, [J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall) & [Lachner](/source/Ernest_Albert_Lachner), 1999)</small>

==References==
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Category:Nectamia
Category:Apogoninae
Category:Marine fish genera
Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan

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