Phaeoptyx

Genus of fishes

Phaeoptyx
Phaeoptyx conklini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Phaeoptyx
T. H. Fraser & C. R. Robins, 1970
Type species
Amia conklini
Silvester, 1915

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

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Phaeoptyx


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