Cercamia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Species The recognized species in this genus are: Cercamia cladara J. E. Randall & C. L. Smith, 1988 Cercamia eremia (G. R. Allen, 1987) (glassy cardinalfish) Cercamia laamu Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021 Cercamia mascarene Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021 Cercamia melanogaster G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Mahardini, 2015 (blackbelly cardinalfish) Cercamia spio Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021 The former genus Apogonoides is now thought to be synonymous with Cercamia. The extinct species †Cercamia cottreaui Arambourg, 1928 (described as Apogonoides cottreaui) is known from the Late Miocene of Algeria.
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