Genus Apogon Lacépède, 1801
- Apogon Lacépède, B.G. 1801. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 3 558 pp. 34 pls. [411].
Type species:
Apogon ruber Lacépède, 1801 by monotypy.
Introduction
Randall (2005) divided the genus Apogon into a number of genera based on an unpublished PhD thesis, elevating most subgenera recognised by Fraser (1972). Most of the species previously placed in this genus have been moved to Ostorhinchus. Placement of all species follows Mabuchi et al. (2014), with some placements differing from those provided by Randall (2005).
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
APOGONIDAE: Apogon coccineus Rüppell, 1838 — Randall, J.E. 1998. Review of the cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 3(1): 25-38 [32] (restricted to western Indian Ocean)
APOGONIDAE: Apogon fragilis Smith, 1961 — Greenfield, D.W., Langston, R.C. & Randall, J.E. 2005. Two new cardinalfishes of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Zoramia (Apogonidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56(33): 625-637 [627] (restricted to western Indian Ocean, and moved to the genus Zoramia)
APOGONIDAE: Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832 [moved to the genus Ostorhinchus] — Fraser, T.H., Randall, J.E. & Allen, G.R. 2002. Clarification of the cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) previously confused with Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, with a description of a related new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50(1): 175-184 [176] (found north of Australia)
APOGONIDAE: Apogon notatus (Houttuyn, 1782) — Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Family Apogonidae. pp. 1081-1112 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1082] (restricted to north-west Pacific from Japan to Taiwan; now placed in genus Ostorhinchus)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
General References
Fraser, T.H. 1972. Comparative osteology of the shallow water cardinal fishes (Perciformes : Apogonidae) with reference to the systematics and evolution of the family. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 34: 1-105 44 pls
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 (50 species included in genus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2021 | APOGONIDAE | 13-Jan-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Feb-2015 | APOGONIDAE | 13-Jan-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 09-Jan-2014 | APOGONIDAE | 13-Jan-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 15-Apr-2012 | ADDED |