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.