Biology:Sailfin cardinalfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Sailfin cardinalfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Kurtiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Quinca |
| Species: | Q. mirifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Quinca mirifica (Mees, 1966)[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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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.[3] It is a large, almost all-black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia.[4] They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.
References
- ↑ Williams, J.T. (2022). "Quinca mirifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198376833A199991168.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198376833/199991168. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1. PMID 25112246. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p203f.pdf.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Quinca&speciesname=mirifica" Quinca mirifica " in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ Dianne J. Bray. "Quinca mirifica". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4230.
Wikidata ☰ Q1241259 entry
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