WoRMS taxon details
Nectamia similis Fraser, 2008
398509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398509)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fraser, T.H. (2008). Cardinalfishes of the genus Nectamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific region with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa, 1691: 1-52. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nectamia similis Fraser, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398509 on 2025-11-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Fraser, T.H. (2008). Cardinalfishes of the genus Nectamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific region with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa, 1691: 1-52. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nectamia similis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon similis USNM 213123 holotype photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 213123 holotype radiograph lateral view)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nectamia similis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Apogon similis USNM 213123 holotype photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 213123 holotype radiograph lateral view)