Glossamia

Life-forms

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: Glossamia
Species: G. abo – G. aprion – G. arguni – G. beauforti – G. gjellerupi – G. heurni – G. narindica – G. sandei – G. trifasciata – G. wichmanni
Name

Glossamia Gill, 1863

Type species: Apogon aprion ♀ Richardson, 1842. Type by original designation.
Synonyms

Gulliveria Castelnau, 1878: 45
Kurandapogon Whitley, 1939: 1
Mionorus Krefft, 1868: 942

References

Gill, T.N. 1863: Catalogue of the fishes of Lower California, in the Smithsonian Institution, collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Part IV. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 15: 80–88.
Hadiaty, R.K. & G.R. Allen 2011: Glossamia arguni, a new species of freshwater cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 17(3): 121–126.
Glossamia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Glossamia species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names
English: Mouth Almighty

Glossamia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Apogonidae. The majority of the species are endemic to New Guinea, but G. aprion is also found in Australia.
Species

The 11 recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Glossamia abo (Herre, 1935)
Glossamia aprion (J. Richardson, 1842) (mouth almighty)
Glossamia arguni Hadiaty & G. R. Allen, 2011 [2]
Glossamia beauforti (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Beaufort's mouth almighty)
Glossamia gjellerupi (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929) (Gjellerup's mouth almighty)
Glossamia heurni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929)
Glossamia narindica T. R. Roberts, 1978 (slender mouth almighty)
Glossamia sandei (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sande's mouth almighty)
Glossamia timika G. R. Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 (Timika mouth almighty)
Glossamia trifasciata (M. C. W. Weber], 1913) (three-barred mouth almighty)
Glossamia wichmanni (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Wichmann's mouth almighty)

References

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.
Hadiaty, R.K. & Allen, G.R. (2011): Glossamia arguni, a new species of freshwater cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 17 (3): 173-180.