Taeniamia Explained

Taeniamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

The 15 recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Taeniamia ataenia (J. E. Randall & Satapoomin, 1999) (barless cardinalfish)
• Taeniamia biguttata (Lachner, 1951) (twinspot cardinalfish)
• Taeniamia bilineata (Gon & J. E. Randall, 1995)
• Taeniamia buruensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Buru cardinalfish)
• Taeniamia flavofasciata (Gon & J. E. Randall, 2003)
• Taeniamia fucata (Cantor, 1849) (orange-lined cardinalfish)
• Taeniamia kagoshimanus (Döderlein (de), 1883)
• Taeniamia leai (Waite, 1916) (Lea's cardinalfish)
• Taeniamia lineolata (G. Cuvier, 1828) (shimmering cardinal)
• Taeniamia macroptera (G. Cuvier, 1828) (dusky-tailed cardinalfish)
• Taeniamia melasma (Lachner & W. R. Taylor, 1960) (blackspot cardinalfish)
• Taeniamia mozambiquensis (J. L. B. Smith, 1961) (Mozambique cardinalfish)
• Taeniamia pallida (Gon & J. E. Randall, 1995)
• Taeniamia sansibaricus (Pfeffer, 1896)
• Taeniamia zosterophora (Bleeker, 1856) (girdled cardinalfish or blackbelted cardinalfish)

FishBase treats T. sansibaricus as synonymous with T. fucata. but T. sansibaricus is recognized as valid by the Catalog of Fishes:

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.