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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:200b84f9-57b3-4738-84e2-7526ade0fec8

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=family:APOGONIDAE
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

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A JSON view of this information is here here
A html view of this information is here here

Further details

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
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 Marine Habitats
 Terrestrial Habitats
 Terrestrial Habitats

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Online resources

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
APOGONIDAE

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Apogon aterrimus Günther, 1867
Published in: Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3 Vol. 20 (8) pp. 45-68
Apogon torresiensis Castelnau, 1875
Published in: Castelnau, F.L. de 1875. Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2. pp. 1–52 in, Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 : Official Record. Melbourne
Apogonichthys adspersus Castelnau, 1878
Published in: Castelnau, F.L. de 1878. Australian fishes, new or little known species. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 2 (3) pp. 225-248 pls 1-2
Apogon rudis De Vis, 1884
Published in: De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 9 (2) pp. 389-400
Apogon simplex De Vis, 1884
Published in: De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 9 (2) pp. 389-400

Common Names

Common name Source
Cardinal Fishes
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Cardinalfishes
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Big Eyes
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Gobbleguts
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Soldier Fishes
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
PERCOIDEI
family
APOGONIDAE  Recorded in Australia
genus
Apogon  Recorded in Australia
genus
Apogonichthyoides  Recorded in Australia
genus
Apogonichthys: Weedy Cardinalfish  Recorded in Australia
genus
Archamia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Cercamia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Cheilodipterus  Recorded in Australia
genus
Foa  Recorded in Australia
genus
Fowleria  Recorded in Australia
genus
Glossamia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Gymnapogon  Recorded in Australia
genus
Jaydia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Lachneratus  Recorded in Australia
genus
Neamia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Nectamia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Ostorhinchus  Recorded in Australia
genus
Paxton  Recorded in Australia
genus
Pristiapogon  Recorded in Australia
genus
Pristicon  Recorded in Australia
genus
Pseudamia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Pseudamiops  Recorded in Australia
genus
Pterapogon  Recorded in Australia
genus
Rhabdamia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Siphamia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Sphaeramia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Vincentia  Recorded in Australia
genus
Zapogon  Recorded in Australia
genus
Zoramia  Recorded in Australia

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA