Genus Nectamia Jordan, 1917

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• Nectamia Jordan, D.S. 1917. Notes on Glossamia and related genera of cardinal fishes. Copeia 1917(44): 46-47 [47].

  Type species:

   Apogon fuscus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 by original designation.

Introduction

Fraser (2008) revised the genus, with four new species.The older records of species in the genus need to be reexamined in light of this review. We have given only distributions that are covered in the revision. Specimens in AM have frequently been misidentified.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

APOGONIDAE: Nectamia bandanensis (Bleeker, 1854) [records of Nectamia bandanensis from Australia based on misidentifications of other species including, Nectamia savayensis, N. luxuria and N. viria; although currently unknown from Australia, species does occur in Halemida beds in New Guinea and probably occurs in Australia] — Fraser, T.H. 2008. Cardinalfishes of the genus Nectamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific region with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1691: 1-52 [13]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Fraser, T.H. 2008. Cardinalfishes of the genus Nectamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific region with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1691: 1-52

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] (4 species included in genus)

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