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Class: Teleostei
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae Cardinalfishes
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Siphamia

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Siphamia arabica Indian Ocean 3.4 SL 2012
Siphamia argentea Silver siphonfish Western Pacific 5 TL 1953
Siphamia arnazae Cat’s eye cardinalfish Western Pacific 2.1 SL 2019
Siphamia brevilux Shortlight siphonfish Western Pacific 2.2 SL 2012
Siphamia cephalotes Wood's siphonfish Eastern Indian Ocean 5 SL 1875
Siphamia corallicola Coral siphonfish Western Central Pacific 3.1 SL 1993
Siphamia cuneiceps Wedgehead siphonfish Eastern Indian Ocean and 1941
Siphamia cyanophthalma Blue-eye siphonfish Indo-West Pacific 2.2 SL 2012
Siphamia elongata Elongate siphonfish Western Pacific 4.5 TL 1953
Siphamia fistulosa Fistulose cardinalfish Pacific Ocean 4 TL 1909
Siphamia fraseri Pacific Ocean 3.8 SL 2012
Siphamia fuscolineata Crown-of-thorns cardinalfish Western Pacific 4 SL 1953
Siphamia goreni Red Sea 1.6 SL 2012
Siphamia guttulata Speckled siphonfish Western Central Pacific 1877
Siphamia jebbi Jebb's siphonfish Indo-Pacific 2.5 SL 1993
Siphamia majimai Striped siphonfish Western Pacific 3.5 SL 1958
Siphamia mossambica Sea urchin cardinal Western Indian Ocean 4 TL 1955
Siphamia papuensis Western Pacific 3 SL 2014
Siphamia randalli Pacific Ocean 2.9 SL 2012
Siphamia roseigaster Pinkbreast siphonfish Southwest Pacific 6.4 TL 1887
Siphamia senoui Pacific Ocean 1.9 SL 2012
Siphamia spinicola Reef siphonfish Western Central Pacific 4 TL 2012
Siphamia stenotes Narrow-lined siphonfish Western Pacific 2.4 SL 2012
Siphamia tubifer Tubifer cardinalfish Indo-West Pacific 7 TL 1909
Siphamia tubulata Siphonfish Western Central Pacific 1909



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013