Glossamia

Glossamia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Apogonidae. The majority of the species are endemic to New Guinea, but G. aprion is also found in Australia.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderPerciformes
FamilyApogonidae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations136

Observations recorded2,203

Vissen Glossamia is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de kardinaalbaarzen (Apogonidae). Soorten Glossamia abo Herre, 1935 Glossamia aprion Richardson, 1842 Glossamia arguni Hadiaty & Allen, 2011 Glossamia beauforti Weber, 1907 Glossamia gjellerupi Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 Glossamia heurni Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 Glossamia narindica Roberts, 1978 Glossamia sandei Weber, 1907 Glossamia timika Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 Glossamia trifasciata Weber, 1913 Glossamia wichmanni Weber, 1907

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 168
With media: 4
Family: Apogonidae
Collections: USNM, WAM, CAS, TU
Recorded in: Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Apogoninae
Image: Glossamia aprion.jpg

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taxon name: Glossamia
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Glossamia
Commons category: Glossamia

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Glossamia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Apogonidae. The majority of the species are endemic to New Guinea, but G. aprion is also found in Australia.

It is solitary, mostly inhabiting riverside vegetation areas and crevices where rotten wood accumulates, and also lives in shallow wetlands on the edge of lakes. It is a larger species with a similar appearance to Glossamia gjellerupi, but usually the number of stripes of Glossamia gjellerupi is smaller, making the stripes of the fresh handle vertical.

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