Biology:Sailfin cardinalfish

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Sailfin cardinalfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Quinca
Species:
Q. mirifica
Binomial name
Quinca mirifica
(Mees, 1966)[1]
Synonyms

Pterapogon mirifica Mees, 1966

The Sailfin cardinalfish (Quinca mirifica) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus.[2] It is a large, almost all-black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia.[3] They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.

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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Quinca mirifica" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Dianne J. Bray. "Quinca mirifica". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4230. Retrieved 23 Sep 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1241259 entry