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 (J. E. Randall & Satapoomin, 1999) (barless cardinalfish) Taeniamia biguttata (Lachner, 1951) (twinspot cardinalfish) Taeniamia bilineata (Gon & J. E. Randall, 1995) Taeniamia buruensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Buru cardinalfish) Taeniamia dispilus (Lachner, 1951) Taeniamia flavofasciata (Gon & J. E. Randall, 2003) Taeniamia fucata (Cantor, 1849) (orange-lined cardinalfish) Taeniamia kagoshimana (Döderlein (de), 1883) Taeniamia leai (Waite, 1916) (Lea's cardinalfish) Taeniamia lineolata (G. Cuvier, 1828) (shimmering cardinal) Taeniamia macroptera (G. Cuvier, 1828) (dusky-tailed cardinalfish) Taeniamia melasma (Lachner & W. R. Taylor, 1960) (blackspot cardinalfish) Taeniamia mozambiquensis (J. L. B. Smith, 1961) (Mozambique cardinalfish) Taeniamia pallida (Gon & J. E. Randall, 1995) Taeniamia sansibarica (Pfeffer, 1896) Taeniamia zosterophora (Bleeker, 1856) (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:
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