Taeniamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The 16 recognized species in this genus are:
- Taeniamia ataenia <small>(J. E. Randall & Satapoomin, 1999)</small> (barless cardinalfish)
- Taeniamia biguttata <small>(Lachner, 1951)</small> (twinspot cardinalfish)
- Taeniamia bilineata <small>(Gon & J. E. Randall, 1995)</small>
- Taeniamia buruensis <small>(Bleeker, 1856)</small> (Buru cardinalfish)
- Taeniamia dispilus <small>(Lachner, 1951)</small>
- Taeniamia flavofasciata <small>(Gon & J. E. Randall, 2003)</small>
- Taeniamia fucata <small>(Cantor, 1849)</small> (orange-lined cardinalfish)
- Taeniamia kagoshimana <small>(Döderlein (), 1883)</small>
- Taeniamia leai <small>(Waite, 1916)</small> (Lea's cardinalfish)
- Taeniamia lineolata <small>(G. Cuvier, 1828)</small> (shimmering cardinal)
- Taeniamia macroptera <small>(G. Cuvier, 1828)</small> (dusky-tailed cardinalfish)
- Taeniamia melasma <small>(Lachner & W. R. Taylor, 1960)</small> (blackspot cardinalfish)
- Taeniamia mozambiquensis <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1961)</small> (Mozambique cardinalfish)
- Taeniamia pallida <small>(Gon & J. E. Randall, 1995)</small>
- Taeniamia sansibarica <small>(Pfeffer, 1896)</small>
- Taeniamia zosterophora <small>(Bleeker, 1856)</small> (girdled cardinalfish or blackbelted cardinalfish)
FishBase treats T. sansibarica as synonymous with T. fucata. but T. sansibarica is recognized as valid by the Catalog of Fishes:
References