# Pristicon

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***Pristicon*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [cardinalfishes](/source/Cardinalfish) native to the western [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean).

## Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

- *[Pristicon rhodopterus](/source/Pristicon_rhodopterus)* ([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1852) (redfin cardinalfish)
- *[Pristicon rufus](/source/Pristicon_rufus)* ([J. E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall) & [T. H. Fraser](/source/Thomas_Henry_Fraser), 1999) (rufous cardinalfish)
- *[Pristicon trimaculatus](/source/Pristicon_trimaculatus)* ([G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1828) (three-spot cardinalfish)

## References

1. Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014): [Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters.](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p203f.pdf) *Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.*

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