Apogon Lacépède 1802 (Cardinalfish)

Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae

Parent taxon: Apogonidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

See also Agassiz 1835, Casier 1966, Nolf 1972, Nolf and Bajpai 1992, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1982, Steurbaut 1984, Stinton and Nolf 1970 and Stringer 1998

Sister taxa: Apogonidarum, Apogoninae, Apogoniscus, Bolcapogon, Eoapogon, Eosphaeramia, Eritima, Foa, Serranidarum, Xeneretmus

Subtaxa: Apogon arambourgi Apogon banaticus Apogon bellovacinus Apogon gaasensis Apogon glaber Apogon lozanoi Apogon moyesi Apogon quadrangularis Apogon ruber Apogon spinosus Apogon townsendoides

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Greece (2), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of France (2), India (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (2), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)

• Oligocene of France (2), Hungary (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (4), India (1), Indonesia (1), Pakistan (1), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 34 collections including 38 occurrences

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