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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: Pristiapogon
Species: P. fraenatus – P. kallopterus – P. taeniopterus
Name

Pristiapogon Klunzinger, 1870: 715

Type species: Apogon fraenatus Valenciennes, 1832
Type by monotypy
Gender: masculine

References

Klunzinger, C.B. 1870: Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 20: 669-834.

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Pristiapogon species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Eschmeyer, W.N., Catalog of Fishes (electronic version)

Pristiapogon is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Pristiapogon abrogramma (T. H. Fraser & Lachner, 1985) (lateral-striped cardinalfish)
Pristiapogon exostigma (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906) (narrow-striped cardinalfish)
Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832) (bridled cardinalfish)
Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856) (iridescent cardinalfish)
Pristiapogon menesemus (O. P. Jenkins 1903)
Pristiapogon taeniopterus (E. T. Bennett, 1836) (bandfin cardinalfish)
Pristiapogon unitaeniatus (Allen, 1995) (single-striped cardinalfish)

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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