Phaeoptyx is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Phaeoptyx conklini (Silvester, 1915) (freckled cardinalfish)
- Phaeoptyx pigmentaria (Poey, 1860) (dusky cardinalfish)
- Phaeoptyx xenus (J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968) (sponge 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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