| Sailfin cardinalfish | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Quinca |
| Species: | Q. mirifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Quinca mirifica (Mees, 1966) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pterapogon mirifica Mees, 1966 | |
The Sailfin cardinalfish (Quinca mirifica) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus. It is a large, almost all-black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia. They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.
References
- Williams, J.T. (2022). "Quinca mirifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T198376833A199991168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198376833A199991168.en. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3846 (2): 151–203. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1. PMID 25112246.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Quinca mirifica". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- Dianne J. Bray. "Quinca mirifica". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 Sep 2018.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Pterapogon mirifica | |
| Quinca mirifica | |
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