Classification and naming
Accepted name, authority and full classification from WoRMS.
Banggai cardinalfish is classified in the World Register of Marine Species under AphiaID 282494. The accepted name is Pterapogon kauderni Koumans, 1933, in the family Apogonidae.
- Accepted name
- Pterapogon kauderni
- Authority
- Koumans, 1933
- Rank
- Species
- Taxonomic status
- accepted
- Aphiaid
- 282494
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Apogoniformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
Lore & Background
Full classification as recorded by WoRMS: Accepted name: Pterapogon kauderni Authority: Koumans, 1933 Rank: Species Taxonomic status: accepted AphiaID: 282494 Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Teleostei Order: Apogoniformes Family: Apogonidae Genus: Pterapogon
Reader's Guide
WoRMS is the authoritative register of marine species names. The record above is reproduced from it; where a name has been superseded, the accepted name is the one shown.
Sources World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282494 — Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pterapogon kauderni Koumans, 1933.
Did You Know?
- The species name 'kauderni' honors Swedish botanist and explorer Walter Kaudern, who collected the type specimens in the Banggai Islands.
- Pterapogon kauderni is the only species in its genus — a monotypic group, meaning it has no close living relatives in the same genus.
- Despite its popularity in aquariums, this fish has one of the smallest natural ranges of any marine fish, confined to just a few dozen square kilometers around the Banggai Archipelago.
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