Vincentia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The generic name refers to Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, where the type specimen of V. waterhousii was collected.
Species The recognized species in this genus are: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. Vincentia badia G. R. Allen, 1987 (scarlet cardinalfish) Vincentia conspersa (Klunzinger, 1872) (southern cardinalfish) Vincentia macrocauda G. R. Allen, 1987 (smooth cardinalfish) Vincentia novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1832) (eastern gobbleguts) Vincentia punctata (Klunzinger, 1879) (orange cardinalfish)
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