Family Apogonidae Bonaparte 1846 (Cardinalfish)

Osteichthyes - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae

Parent taxon: Apogonoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Khajuria and Prasad 1998, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1993 and Nolf and Dockery 1990

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Apogon Apogonidarum Apogoninae Apogoniscus Bolcapogon Eoapogon Eosphaeramia Eritima Foa Serranidarum Xeneretmus

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Japan (2), Taiwan (1), United States (2: California, Louisiana)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Greece (2), Jamaica (1), Taiwan (3)

• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (1), France (2), Gabon (1), India (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (2), Taiwan (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (1)

• Neogene of Indonesia (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)

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

• Eocene of Belgium (3), France (5), Germany (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (4), New Zealand (7), Pakistan (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (3: Texas)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of India (1), United States (2: North Dakota)

Total: 69 collections including 88 occurrences

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