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Genus of fishes

Holapogon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Holapogon
T. H. Fraser, 1973
Species: H. maximus
Binomial name
Holapogon maximus
(Boulenger, 1888)

Holapogon maximus, the titan cardinalfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. This species is the only known member of the genus Holapogon. It is native to the Arabian coast and the Gulf of Oman, and it has recently been recorded from the coast of India. It lives at depths of from 83 to 100 m (272 to 328 ft). This species grows to a total length of 25 cm (9.8 in).

References

  1. 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.
  2. Said Koya, K.P., Akhilesh, K.V. & Bineesh, K.K. (2001): A new record of Titan cardinalfish, Holapogon maximus (Apogonidae) along the south-west coast of India. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4: e36.
Taxon identifiers
Holapogon


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