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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: Nectamia
Species: N. annularis – N. bandanensis – N. fusca – N. ignitops – N. luxuria – N. savayensis – N. similis – N. viria
Name

Nectamia Jordan, 1917: 47

Type species: Apogon fuscus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Type by original designation [also monotypic]
Gender: feminine

References

Jordan, D.S. 1917: Notes on Glossamia and related genera of cardinal fishes. Copeia No. 44: 46–47.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Nectamia species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

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

The 9 recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Nectamia annularis (Rüppell, 1829) (ringtail cardinalfish)
Nectamia bandanensis (Bleeker, 1854) (bigeye cardinalfish)
Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (ghost cardinalfish)
Nectamia ignitops T. H. Fraser, 2008 (fire-eye cardinalfish)
Nectamia luxuria T. H. Fraser, 2008 (multibarred cardinalfish)
Nectamia savayensis (Günther, 1872) (Samoan cardinalfish)
Nectamia similis T. H. Fraser, 2008 (similar cardinalfish)
Nectamia viria T. H. Fraser, 2008 (bracelet cardinalfish)
Nectamia zebrinus (T. H. Fraser, J. E. Randall & Lachner, 1999)

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.

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