Astrapogon

Astrapogon
Astrapogon puncticulatus
Astrapogon stellatus inside a penshell from Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Astrapogon Fowler, 1907
Type species
Apogonichthys stellatus Cope, 1867

Astrapogon is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

• Astrapogon alutus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (bronze cardinalfish)
• Astrapogon puncticulatus (Poey, 1867) (blackfin cardinalfish)
• Astrapogon stellatus (Cope, 1867) (conchfish)

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.