Draft:Vincentia conspersa

Vincentia conspersa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Apogonidae
Genus: Vincentia
Species:
V. conspersa
Binomial name
Vincentia conspersa
(Klunzinger, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Apogon conspersus Klunzinger, 1872
  • Apogon guntheri Castelnau, 1872

Vincentia conspersa, known as the southern cardinalfish is a species of fish in the family Apogonidae. The species is native to the coasts of southern Australia at a depth between 0 and 67 metres (0 and 220 ft). It is a nocturnal species.[1][2]

The marine parasite Glugea vincentiae infects this is species.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Vincentia conspersa summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. ^ Nicolas Bailly (2017). "Vincentia conspersa Klunzinger 1872". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  3. ^ Vagelli, A.; Paramá, A.; Sanmartín, M. L.; Leiro, J. (2005). "Glugea vincentiae n. sp. (microsporidia: glugeidae) infecting the Australian marine fish Vincentia conspersa (teleostei: apogonidae)". Journal of Parasitology. 91 (1): 152–157. doi:10.1645/GE-388R. PMID 15856891.

Category:Taxa named by Carl Benjamin Klunzinger Category:Fish described in 1872 Category:Apogoninae