Cercamia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Kurtiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Kurtiformes

Subordo: Apogonoidei
Familia: Apogonidae
Subfamilia: Apogoninae
Genus: Cercamia
Species: C. cladara – C. eremia – C. melanogaster

Name

Cercamia Randall & Smith, 1988

Type species: Cercamia cladara Randall & Smith, 1988

Etymology: Cercamia is from the Greek Kerkos, tail, and Amia, a Greek fish name that has been applied to apogonid fishes. This name alludes to the elongate tail resulting from the unique vertebral count with one fewer abdominal and one more caudal vertebrae than other cardinalfishes.

References

Randall, J.E. & Smith, C.L. 1988. Two new species and a new genus of cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Rapa, South Pacific Ocean. American Museum Novitates 2926: 1–9. PDF Reference page.
Fraser, T.H. & Bogorodsky, S.V. 2019. Status of the cardinalfish genus Apogonoides and its type species Apogonoides macassariensis (Percomorpha: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 4577(3): 579–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.11 Reference page.

Links

Cercamia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Cercamia species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.