Sailfin cardinalfish
| Sailfin cardinalfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Kurtiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Quinca |
| Species: | Q. mirifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Quinca mirifica | |
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Pterapogon mirifica Mees, 1966 | |
The Sailfin cardinalfish (Quinca mirifica) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus.[2] It is a large, almost all-black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia.[3] They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Quinca mirifica" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Quinca mirifica". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 Sep 2018.
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