Archamia bleekeri, also known as Gon's cardinalfish, is a
species of fish in the family
Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. It is native to the coastal waters of the
Indian Ocean and the western
Pacific Ocean from
Africa to
Indonesia and from
Taiwan to
Queensland,
Australia. This species occurs in
mangrove forests and
reefs, and is an inhabitant of
shipwrecks, preferring
silty areas with muddy or sandy substrates. This species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).[1] This species is the only member of the genus Archamia. The other species were moved to the new genus Taeniamia in 2013.[2][3]
Species formerly in genus Archamia
12 species were formerly assigned to this genus, but have now been moved into Taeniamia:[4]