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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Kurtiformes

Subordo: Apogonoidei
Familia: Apogonidae
Subfamilia: Apogoninae
Genus: Apogonichthys
Species: A. landoni – A. ocellatus – A. perdix – A. waikiki
Name

Apogonichthys Bleeker, 1854

Apogonichthys perdix

Apogonichthys perdix

References

Randall, J.E., 1998: Review of the Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 3 (1): 25–38.
Apogonichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Apogonichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Apogonichthys is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Apogonichthys landoni Herre, 1934
Apogonichthys ocellatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (ocellated cardinalfish)
Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker, 1854 (Perdix cardinalfish)

Other authorities recognise an additional two species, Apogonichthys heptastygma and Apogonichthys waikiki,[2] although FishBase only recognises the above three.[1]
References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Apogonichthys in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.

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