Sailfin cardinalfish

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |year=2022 |title=''Quinca mirifica'' |volume=2022 |article-number=e.T198376833A199991168 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198376833A199991168.en |access-date=18 January 2025}}</ref> | taxon = Quinca mirifica | display_parents = 2 | authority = (Mees, 1966)<ref name=Mabuchi2014>{{cite journal|author=Mabuchi, K. |author2=Fraser, T.H.|author3= Song, H.|author4= Azuma, Y. |author5= Nishida, M. |year=2014 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p203f.pdf |title=Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters|journal=Zootaxa|volume= 3846 |issue=2|pages= 151–203|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1 |pmid=25112246 }}</ref> | synonyms = ''Pterapogon mirifica'' <small>Mees, 1966</small> }}

The '''Sailfin cardinalfish''' ('''''Quinca mirifica''''') is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase| Quinca|mirifica |month=June|year=2018}}</ref> It is a large, almost all-black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia.<ref name = FoA>{{cite web | author = Dianne J. Bray | title = ''Quinca mirifica'' | work = Fishes of Australia | access-date = 23 Sep 2018 | url = http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4230 | publisher = Museums Victoria}}</ref> They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.

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Category:Apogoninae Category:Fish described in 1966