Cercamia
Genus of fishes
Cercamia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
01Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
- Cercamia cladara J. E. Randall & C. L. Smith, 1988
- Cercamia eremia (G. R. Allen, 1987) (glassy cardinalfish)
- Cercamia laamu Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021
- Cercamia mascarene Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021
- Cercamia melanogaster G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Mahardini, 2015 (blackbelly cardinalfish)
- Cercamia spio Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021
The former genus Apogonoides is now thought to be synonymous with Cercamia. The extinct species †Cercamia cottreaui Arambourg, 1928 (described as Apogonoides cottreaui) is known from the Late Miocene of Algeria.
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