Verulux
Verulux is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]
| Verulux | |
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| Verulux cypselurus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Kurtiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Verulux T. H. Fraser, 1972 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhabdamia cypselurus Weber, 1909[2] | |
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
- Verulux cypselurus (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Swallow-tail cardinalfish)
- Verulux solmaculata Yoshida & Motomura, 2016 (sun-spot cardinalfish) [3]
References
- 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.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Verulux". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- Yoshida, T. & Motomura, H. (2016): A new cardinalfish, Verulux solmaculata (Perciformes: Apogonidae), from Papua New Guinea and Australia. Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 64–70.
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