Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Apogonidae Cardinalfishes
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Taeniamia

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13 species (see list below)

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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Taeniamia ataenia
[Barless cardinalfish]

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.

Taeniamia biguttata
[Twinspot cardinalfish]

Photo by Field, R.

Taeniamia bilineata
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Taeniamia buruensis
[Buru cardinalfish]

No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 7.9 cm SL

Taeniamia flavofasciata
[]

Photo by Field, R.

Taeniamia fucata
[Orangelined cardinalfish]

No picture found
Western Pacific

Taeniamia kagoshimanus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Taeniamia leai
[Lea's cardinalfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Taeniamia lineolata
[Shimmering cardinal]

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.

Taeniamia macroptera
[Dusky-tailed cardinalfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Taeniamia mozambiquensis
[Mozambique cardinalfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Taeniamia pallida
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Taeniamia zosterophora
[Blackbelted cardinalfish]

13 Species of Family Apogonidae with Genus Taeniamia
(Cardinalfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1999	Taeniamia ataenia	Barless cardinalfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	4.8 SL
1951	Taeniamia biguttata	Twinspot cardinalfish	Western Pacific	11 TL
1995	Taeniamia bilineata		Western Indian Ocean	3.8 SL
1856	Taeniamia buruensis	Buru cardinalfish	Western Central Pacific	7.5 SL
2003	Taeniamia flavofasciata		Western Indian Ocean	7.9 SL
1849	Taeniamia fucata	Orangelined cardinalfish	Indo-Pacific	10 TL
1883	Taeniamia kagoshimanus		Western Pacific
1916	Taeniamia leai	Lea's cardinalfish	Western Pacific	9 TL
1828	Taeniamia lineolata	Shimmering cardinal	Western Indian Ocean	10.3 TL
1828	Taeniamia macroptera	Dusky-tailed cardinalfish	Indo-West Pacific	9.5 TL
1961	Taeniamia mozambiquensis	Mozambique cardinalfish	Western Indian Ocean	8.9 SL
1995	Taeniamia pallida		Western Indian Ocean	4 TL
1856	Taeniamia zosterophora	Blackbelted cardinalfish	Western Pacific	8 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: PerciformesFamily: Apogonidae CardinalfishesSubfamily: ApogoninaeGenus: Taeniamia(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Apogonidae Cardinalfishes
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Taeniamia

(See list of species below)