Sphaeramia

Sphaeramia
Sphaeramia nematoptera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Apogonidae
Subfamily:	Apogoninae
Genus:	Sphaeramia Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1930
Type species
Apogon nematopterus Bleeker 1856

Sphaeramia is a genus of the Apogonidae (cardinalfishes). They are marine fish that live in shallow tropical reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

• Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker, 1856) (pajama cardinalfish)
• Sphaeramia orbicularis (G. Cuvier, 1828) (orbiculate cardinalfish)

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.