Species Neamia octospina Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Neamia octospina Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1912. Descriptions of fifteen new fishes of the family Cheilodipteridae, from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41(1868): 431-446 pls 34-38 [441, pl. 36(2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 70251, Rasa Island, Palawan.
• Apogonichthys coggeri Whitley, G.P. 1964. Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. Records of the Australian Museum 26(5): 145-195 figs 1-15 pls 8-10 [168, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IB.6106, Gillett Cay, Swain Reefs, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM IB.6017-18.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. 2001. A new species of cardinalfish in Neamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from Mauritius, Indian Ocean, with a review of Neamia octospina. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 159-165 [163]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea Great Barrier Reef south to Capricorn Group (23º30´S), QLD, Ashmore Reef and Diamond Islet (17º25´S, 150º48'E), Coral Sea; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Kenn Province (17), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, nocturnal.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [106]

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [384]

Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. 2001. A new species of cardinalfish in Neamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from Mauritius, Indian Ocean, with a review of Neamia octospina. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 159-165 [163]

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 [196]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [201]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [152]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [152]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [43] (956 and 964, as Apogonichthys coggeri)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [106] (Eight-spined Cardinalfish)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [152] (Eightspine Cardinalfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Eightspine Cardinalfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Jan-2014	APOGONIDAE	23-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
12-Dec-2012		12-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)