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Apogoninae
The Apogoninae are the most species-rich and, of its shape, size, color and habitat, most diverse subfamily of cardinalfishes (Apogonidae). It can be found in coastal tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian Ocean, the eastern Pacific and the Atlantic, down to depths of 300 meters.
34 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 354 known species

Ostorhinchus
genusOstorhinchus

Apogon
genusApogon

Cheilodipterus
genusCheilodipterus

Pristiapogon
genusPristiapogon

Sphaeramia
genusSphaeramia

Taeniamia
genusTaeniamia

Banggai Cardinalfishes
genusPterapogon

Vincentia
genusVincentia

Apogonichthyoides
genusApogonichthyoides

Siphonfishes
genusSiphamia

Nectamia
genusNectamia

Zoramia
genusZoramia

Pristicon
genusPristicon

Foa
genusFoa

Fibramia
genusFibramia

Rhabdamia
genusRhabdamia

Mouth Almightys
genusGlossamia

Verulux
genusVerulux

Phaeoptyx
genusPhaeoptyx

Mangrove Cardinalfishes
genusYarica

Fowleria
genusFowleria

Astrapogon
genusAstrapogon

Archamia
genusArchamia

Jaydia
genusJaydia

Apogonichthys
genusApogonichthys

Lepidamia
genusLepidamia

Zapogon
genusZapogon

Cercamia
genusCercamia

Neamia
genusNeamia

Bigtooth Cardinalfishes
genusParoncheilus

Sailfin Cardinalfishes
genusQuinca

Xeniamia
genusXeniamia
Creamspotted Cardinalfishes
genusOzichthys

Phantom Cardinalfishes
genusLachneratus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 788694.