Vincentia (fish)
Vincentia | |
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Vincentia conspersa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Kurtiformes |
Family: | Apogonidae |
Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
Genus: | Vincentia Castelnau, 1872 |
Type species | |
Vincentia waterhousii (synonymous with Vincentia conspersa) Castelnau 1872[1]
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Vincentia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The generic name refers to Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, where the type specimen of V. waterhousii was collected.[2]
Species[]
The recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- G. R. Allen, 1987 (scarlet cardinalfish)
- (Klunzinger, 1872) (southern cardinalfish)
- G. R. Allen, 1987 (smooth cardinalfish)
- (Valenciennes, 1832) (eastern gobbleguts)
- (Klunzinger, 1879) (orange cardinalfish)
References[]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Vincentia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2018). "Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Apogoninae
- Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
- Marine fish genera
- Ray-finned fish stubs