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Nectamia
Genus of fishes
Nectamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean.
01Species
The 9 recognized species in this genus are:
- 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)
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- Nectamia savayensis (Day).png by George Henry Ford, Public domain
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