# Sphaeramia

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Sphaeramia nemanoptera.JPG
| image_caption = ''Sphaeramia nematoptera''
| taxon = Sphaeramia
| authority  =  [Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler) & [B. A. Bean](/source/Barton_Appler_Bean), 1930
| type_species = ''Apogon nematopterus''
| type_species_authority = [Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker) 1856
}}

'''''Sphaeramia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of the [Apogonidae](/source/Apogonidae) (cardinalfishes). They are marine fish that live in shallow [tropical reefs](/source/Coral_reef) in the [Indian](/source/Indian_Ocean) and [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean)s

==Species==
The 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>
* ''[Sphaeramia nematoptera](/source/Sphaeramia_nematoptera)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1856)</small> (pajama cardinalfish)
* ''[Sphaeramia orbicularis](/source/Sphaeramia_orbicularis)'' <small>([G. Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1828)</small> (orbiculate cardinalfish)

==References==
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Category:Sphaeramia
Category:Apogoninae
Category:Marine fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
Category:Taxa named by Barton Appler Bean

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