After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Apogon [?Eretima] M. Eoc. Mioc. Eu. Mioc. NA. R. Oc. (kardinaaliahvenet; cardinalfishes) [110]
   |-- †A. spinosus
   |-- A. abrogramma Fraser & Lachner, 1985
   |-- A. affinis (Poey, 1875) (Bigtooth cardinalfish)
   |-- A. albimaculosus Kailola, 1976 (Cream-spotted cardinalfish)
   |-- A. amboinensis Bleeker, 1853 (Amboina cardinalfish)
   |-- A. americanus Castelnau, 1855 (Brazilian flamefish)
   |-- A. angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) (Broadstriped cardinalfish)
   |-- A. annularis Rüppell, 1829 (Ringtail cardinalfish)
   |-- A. apogonides (Bleeker, 1856) (Short-tooth cardinal)
   |-- A. atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Blacktip cardinalfish)
   |-- A. atricaudus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 (Plain cardinalfish)
   |-- A. atrogaster (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
   |-- A. aureus (Lacépède, 1802) (Ring-tailed cardinalfish)
   |-- A. aurolineatus (Mowbray, 1927) (Bridle cardinalfish)
   |-- A. axillaris Valenciennes, 1832 (Axillary-spot cardinalfish)
   |-- A. bandanensis Bleeker, 1854 (Bigeye cardinalfish)
   |-- A. binotatus (Poey, 1867) (Barred cardinalfish)
   |-- A. brevicaudata Weber, 1909 (Many-banded cardinalfish)
   |-- A. bryx Fraser, 1998
   |-- A. capricornis Allen & Randall, 1993
   |-- A. carinatus Cuvier, 1828
   |-- A. caudicinctus Randall and Smith, 1988 (Little tailband cardinalfish)
   |-- A. cavitiensis (Jordan & Seale, 1907)
   |-- A. ceramensis Bleeker, 1852 (Ceram cardinalfish)
   |-- A. chalcius Fraser & Randall, 1986
   |-- A. cheni Hayashi, 1990
   |-- A. chrysopomus Bleeker, 1854 (Spotted-gill cardinalfish)
   |-- A. chrysotaenia Bleeker, 1851
   |-- A. coccineus Rüppell, 1838 (Ruby cardinalfish)
   |-- A. compressus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) (Ochre-striped cardinalfish)
   |-- A. cookii Macleay, 1881 (Cook's cardinalfish)
   |-- A. crassiceps Garman, 1903
   |-- A. cyanosoma Bleeker, 1853 (Yellowstriped cardinalfish)
   |-- A. dammermani Weber & de Beaufort, 1929
   |-- A. deetsie Randall, 1998 (Deetsie's cardinalfish)
   |-- A. dhofar Mee, 1995 (Dhofar cardinalfish)
   |-- A. dispar Fraser & Randall, 1976 (Redspot cardinalfish)
   |-- A. doederleini Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Doederlein's cardinalfish)
   |-- A. doryssa (Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Longspine cardinalfish)
   |-- A. dovii Günther, 1861 (Tailspot cardinalfish)
   |-- A. ellioti Day, 1875 (Flag-in cardinalfish)
   |-- A. endekataenia Bleeker, 1852 (Candystripe cardinalfish)
   |-- A. erythrinus Snyder, 1904 (Hawaiian ruby cardinalfish)
   |-- A. evermanni Jordan & Snyder, 1904 (Evermann's cardinalfish)
   |-- A. exostigma (Jordan & Starks, 1906) (Narrowstripe cardinalfish)
   |-- A. fasciatus White, 1790 (Broad-banded cardinalfish)
   |-- A. flagelliferus (Smith, 1961) (Coachwhip cardinal)
   |-- A. flavus Allen & Randall, 1993
   |-- A. fleurieu (Lacépède, 1802) (Cardinalfish)
   |-- A. fraenatus Valenciennes, 1832 (Bridled cardinalfish)
   |-- A. fragilis Smith, 1961 (Fragile cardinalfish)
   |-- A. franssedai Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994
   |-- A. fukuii Hayashi, 1990
   |-- A. fusovatus Allen, 1985
   |-- A. gardineri Regan, 1908
   |-- A. gilberti (Jordan & Seale, 1905) (Gilbert's cardinalfish)
   |-- A. griffini (Seale, 1910)
   |-- A. guadalupensis (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) (Guadalupe cardinalfish)
   |-- A. guamensis Valenciennes, 1832 (Guam cardinalfish)
   |-- A. gularis Fraser & Lachner, 1984
   |-- A. hartzfeldii Bleeker, 1852 (Hartzfeld's cardinalfish)
   |-- A. heptastigma Cuvier, 1828
   |-- A. hoevenii Bleeker, 1854 (Frostfin cardinalfish)
   |-- A. holotaenia Regan, 1905 (Copperstriped cardinalfish)
   |-- A. hungi Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965
   |-- A. hyalosoma Bleeker, 1852 (Humpbacked cardinalfish)
   |-- A. imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cardinalfish)
   |-- A. ishigakiensis Ida & Moyer, 1974
   |-- A. isus Randall & Böhlke, 1981
   |-- A. jenkinsi (Evermann & Seale, 1907)
   |-- A. kallopterus Bleeker, 1856 (Iridescent cardinalfish)
   |-- A. kalosoma Bleeker, 1852
   |-- A. kiensis Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Rifle cardinal)
   |-- A. lachneri Böhlke, 1959 (Whitestar cardinalfish)
   |-- A. lateralis Valenciennes, 1832 (Humpback cardinal)
   |-- A. leptacanthus Bleeker, 1856-57 (Threadfin cardinalfish)
   |-- A. leptocaulus Gilbert, 1972 (Slendertail cardinalfish)
   |-- A. limenus Randall & Hoese, 1988 (Sydney cardinalfish)
   |-- A. lineatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842 (Indian perch)
   |-- A. maculatus (Poey, 1860) (Flamefish)
   |-- A. maculiferus Garrett, 1864 (Spotted cardinalfish)
   |-- A. maculipinnis Regan, 1908
   |-- A. margaritophorus Bleeker, 1854 (Red-striped cardinalfish)
   |-- A. melanoproctus Fraser & Randall, 1976
   |-- A. melanopus Weber, 1911 (Monster cardinalfish)
   |-- A. melas Bleeker, 1848 (Black cardinalfish)
   |-- A. micromaculatus (Kotthaus, 1970)
   |-- A. moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832 (Moluccan cardinalfish)
   |-- A. monochrous Bleeker, 1856
   |-- A. mosavi Dale, 1977 (Dwarf cardinalfish)
   |-- A. multilineatus (Bleeker, 1865) (Many-lined cardinalfish)
   |-- A. multitaeniatus Cuvier, 1828 (Smallscale cardinal)
   |-- A. nanus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994
   |-- A. natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
   |-- A. neotes Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994
   |-- A. niger Döderlein, 1883
   |-- A. nigripes Playfair, 1867 (Blackfoot cardinal)
   |-- A. nigripinnis Cuvier, 1828 (Bullseye)
   |-- A. nigrocincta (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
   |-- A. nigrofasciatus Lachner, 1953 (Blackstripe cardinalfish)
   |-- A. nitidus (Smith, 1961) (Bluespot cardinalfish)
   |-- A. norfolcensis Ogilby, 1888
   |-- A. notatus (Houttuyn, 1782) (Spotnape cardinalfish)
   |-- A. novaeguineae Valenciennes, 1832
   |-- A. novemfasciatus Cuvier, 1828 (Sevenstriped cardinalfish)
   |-- A. ocellicaudus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994
   |-- A. omanensis Gon & Mee, 1995 (Oman cardinalfish)
   |-- A. opercularis Macleay, 1878
   |-- A. pacificus (Herre, 1935) (Pink cardinalfish)
   |-- A. pallidofasciatus Allen, 1987
   |-- A. parvulus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
   |-- A. perlitus Fraser & Lachner, 1985 (Pearly cardinalfish)
   |-- A. phenax Böhlke & Randall, 1968 (Mimic cardinalfish)
   |-- A. photogaster Gon & Allen, 1998
   |-- A. pillionatus Böhlke & Randall, 1968 (Broadsaddle cardinalfish)
   |-- A. planifrons Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 (Pale cardinalfish)
   |-- A. poecilopterus Cuvier, 1828 (Pearly-finned cardinalfish)
   |-- A. properuptus (Whitley, 1964) (Southern orange-lined cardinalfish)
   |-- A. pselion Randall, Fraser & Lachner, 1990
   |-- A. pseudomaculatus Longley, 1932 (Twospot cardinalfish)
   |-- A. pseudotaeniatus Gon, 1986 (Doublebar cardinalfish)
   |-- A. quadrifasciatus Cuvier, 1828 (Twostripe cardinal)
   |-- A. quadrisquamatus Longley, 1934 (Sawcheek cardinalfish)
   |-- A. queketti Gilchrist, 1903 (Spotfin cardinal)
   |-- A. regani Whitley, 1951
   |-- A. retrosella (Gill, 1862) (Barspot cardinalfish)
   |-- A. rhodopterus Bleeker, 1852
   |-- A. robbyi Gilbert & Tyler, 1997 (Striped cardinalfish)
   |-- A. robinsi Böhlke & Randall, 1968 (Roughlip cardinalfish)
   |-- A. rueppelli Günther, 1859 (Gobbleguts)
   |-- A. sabahensis Allen & Kuiter, 1994
   |-- A. sangiensis Bleeker, 1857 (Sangi cardinalfish)
   |-- A. savayensis Günther, 1872 (Samoan cardinalfish)
   |-- A. sealei (Fowler, 1918) (Seale's cardinalfish)
   |-- A. selas Randall & Hayashi, 1990
   |-- A. semilineatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842 (Half-lined cardinal)
   |-- A. semiornatus Peters, 1876 (Oblique-banded cardinalfish)
   |-- A. septemstriatus Günther, 1880
   |-- A. smithvanizi Allen & Randall, 1994
   |-- A. spongicolus (Smith, 1965)
   |-- A. taeniatus Cuvier, 1828 (Twobelt cardinal)
   |-- A. taeniophorus Regan, 1908 (Reef-flat cardinalfish)
   |-- A. taeniopterus Bennett, 1836 (Bandfin cardinalfish)
   |-- A. talboti Smith, 1961 (Flame cardinalfish)
   |-- A. thermalis Cuvier, 1829 (Half-barred cardinal
   |-- A. timorensis Bleeker, 1854 (Timor cardinalfish)
   |-- A. townsendi (Breder, 1927) (Belted cardinalfish)
   |-- A. trimaculatus Cuvier, 1828 (Three-spot cardinalfish)
   |-- A. unicolor Döderlein, 1883
   |-- A. ventrifasciatus Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994
   |-- A. victoriae Günther, 1859
   `-- A. zebrinus Fraser, Randall and Lachner, 1999

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