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Issue: Vol. 3608 No. 7: 24 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.7.5
Page range: 587–594
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 16

Re-description of two species of the cardinalfish genus Archamia (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya
Fish Archamia bilineata Archamia pallida Archamia mozambiquensis fish taxonomy Kenya Yemen

Abstract

The cardinalfishes Archamia bilineata and A. pallida were originally described from a small number of specimens collected in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea and Oman, respectively. Both species are re-described using specimens collected recently in Yemen and Kenya, including the first known adult of A. pallida. These new collections increased the geographical range of both species considerably. Differences between the two populations now known for each of the species are discussed.

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