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Siphamia
Sign in to saveSiphamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Siphamia, and connects out to Apogonidae, Animalia and Pacific Ocean.
Vinony files it under Apogoninae, Marine fish genera and Taxa named by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyApogonidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 185
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV, CAS, FMNH
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Australia, Solomon Islands, Palau, Indonesia, Micronesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Apogonidae
- Image
- Siphamia tubifer.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Siphamia
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- Siphamia
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- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Siphamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins.
Siphamia minor, a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of southwestern India is the only fossil record for this genus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siphamia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.