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Phaeoptyx
Sign in to savePhaeoptyx is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Species
Dusky Cardinalfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyApogonidae
Habitatmarine
Observations61
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 438
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Collections
- UWFC, TCWC, USNM, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Navassa Island, United States, Curacao, Belize, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad And Tobago
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Apogoninae
- Image
- Phaeoptyx conklini - pone.0010676.g074.png
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- Apogoninae
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- Phaeoptyx
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- genus
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Phaeoptyx is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
==Species== The recognized species in this genus are: Phaeoptyx conklini (Silvester, 1915) (freckled cardinalfish) Phaeoptyx pigmentaria (Poey, 1860) (dusky cardinalfish) Phaeoptyx xenus (J. E. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1968) (sponge cardinalfish)
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