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Genus of fishes
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.
Species
The 11 recognized species in this genus are:
[1]
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Glossamia abo (
Herre, 1935)
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Glossamia aprion (
J. Richardson, 1842) (mouth almighty)
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Glossamia arguni
Hadiaty &
G. R. Allen, 2011
[2]
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Glossamia beauforti (
M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Beaufort's mouth almighty)
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Glossamia gjellerupi (M. C. W. Weber &
de Beaufort, 1929) (Gjellerup's mouth almighty)
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Glossamia heurni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929)
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Glossamia narindica
T. R. Roberts, 1978 (slender mouth almighty)
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Glossamia sandei (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sande's mouth almighty)
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Glossamia timika G. R. Allen,
Hortle &
Renyaan, 2000 (Timika mouth almighty)
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Glossamia trifasciata (M. C. W. Weber], 1913) (three-barred mouth almighty)
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Glossamia wichmanni (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Wichmann's mouth almighty)
References
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^ 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.
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^ Hadiaty, R.K. & Allen, G.R. (2011):
Glossamia arguni, a new species of freshwater cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 17 (3): 173-180.