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Class: Teleostei
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae Cardinalfishes
Subfamily: Pseudamiinae
Genus: Gymnapogon

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Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Gymnapogon africanus Smith, 1954

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Gymnapogon africanus
[Crystal cardinal]
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Gymnapogon annona
[Naked cardinalfish]
No picture found
 
Gymnapogon foraminosus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.3 cm SL
 
Gymnapogon janus
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Gymnapogon japonicus Regan, 1905

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Gymnapogon japonicus
[]

Photo by Golani, D.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 2.3 cm SL
Gymnapogon melanogaster Gon & Golani, 2002

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Gymnapogon melanogaster
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 5 cm SL
Gymnapogon philippinus (Herre, 1939)

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Gymnapogon philippinus
[Philippine cardinalfish]

Photo by Williams, J.T.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
Gymnapogon urospilotus Lachner, 1953

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Gymnapogon urospilotus
[B-spot cardinalfish]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm SL
 
Gymnapogon vanderbilti
[Vanderbilt's cardinalfish]
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Max. Length 5.9 cm SL
 
Gymnapogon velum
[Highfin cardinalfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gymnapogon africanus Crystal cardinal Western Indian Ocean 5 TL 1954
Gymnapogon annona Naked cardinalfish Western Pacific 5 TL 1936
Gymnapogon foraminosus Northwest Pacific 1915
Gymnapogon janus Western Central Pacific 6.3 SL 2016
Gymnapogon japonicus Western Pacific 5 TL 1905
Gymnapogon melanogaster Western Indian Ocean 2.3 SL 2002
Gymnapogon philippinus Philippine cardinalfish Pacific Ocean 5 SL 1939
Gymnapogon urospilotus B-spot cardinalfish Indo-Pacific 2.7 SL 1953
Gymnapogon vanderbilti Vanderbilt's cardinalfish Eastern Central Pacific 1.9 SL 1938
Gymnapogon velum Highfin cardinalfish Eastern Indian Ocean 5.9 SL 2019



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