Rhabdamia Explained

Rhabdamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Rhabdamia clupeiformis M. C. W. Weber, 1909
• Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) (luminous cardinalfish)
• Rhabdamia nigrimentum (J. L. B. Smith, 1961)
• Rhabdamia nuda (Regan, 1905)
• Rhabdamia spilota G. R. Allen & Kuiter, 1994 (Indonesian doubles cardinalfish)

Notes and 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.