{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Apogon leptacanthus.JPG | image_caption = ''Zoramia leptacantha'' | taxon = Zoramia | authority = D. S. Jordan, 1917 | type_species = ''Apogon graeffii'' a synonym of ''Zoramia leptacantha'' | type_species_authority = Günther, 1873<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=9005|title=''Zoramia''|access-date=23 September 2018}}</ref> }}
'''''Zoramia''''' is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Members of this genus are typically distinguished by their translucent bodies and large, prominent eyes, and they are commonly found sheltering among the branches of reef-building corals during the day.
==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> * ''Zoramia flebila'' <small>D. W. Greenfield, Langston & J. E. Randall, 2005</small> * ''Zoramia fragilis'' <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1961)</small> (fragile cardinalfish) * ''Zoramia gilberti'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905)</small> (Gilbert's cardinalfish) * ''Zoramia leptacantha'' <small>(Bleeker, 1856)</small> (threadfin cardinalfish) * ''Zoramia perlita'' <small>(T. H. Fraser & Lachner, 1985)</small> (pearly cardinalfish) * ''Zoramia viridiventer'' <small>D. W. Greenfield, Langston & J. E. Randall, 2005</small>
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Category:Zoramia Category:Apogonidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
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