Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae Cardinalfishes
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Cercamia

(See list of species below)


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6 species (see list below)
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Photo by Hazes, B.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Cercamia cladara Randall & Smith, 1988

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Cercamia cladara
[Frail cardinalfish]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Cercamia eremia (Allen, 1987)

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Cercamia eremia
[Glassy cardinalfish]
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Max. Length 3.1 cm SL
 
Cercamia laamu
[]
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Max. Length 4.0 cm SL
 
Cercamia mascarene
[]

Photo by Erdmann, M.V.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
Cercamia melanogaster Allen, Erdmann & Mahardini, 2015

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Cercamia melanogaster
[]
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Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
 
Cercamia spio
[Red Sea nymph cardinalfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cercamia cladara Frail cardinalfish Western Pacific 4.5 SL 1988
Cercamia eremia Glassy cardinalfish Indo-West Pacific 5 TL 1987
Cercamia laamu Western Indian Ocean 3.1 SL 2021
Cercamia mascarene Southwestern Indian Ocean 4.0 SL 2021
Cercamia melanogaster Western Pacific 2.8 SL 2015
Cercamia spio Red Sea nymph cardinalfish Western Indian Ocean 3.3 SL 2021



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