Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Jaydia smithi, Smith's cardinalfish, is a species of ray-finned fish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, a member of the family Apogonidae. It has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea by way of the Suez Canal since 2007.
Wikipedia contributors, Jaydia smithi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:55:25.981486+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970
- Name authority
- Kotthaus, 1970
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Apogoniformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Jaydia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderApogoniformes
- familyApogonidae Günther, 1859
- subfamilyApogoninae Günther, 1859
- genusJaydia Smith, 1961
- speciesJaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Jaydia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Jaydia carinatus (Cuvier, 1828) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia catalai (Fourmanoir, 1973) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia erythrophthalma Gon, Liao & Shao, 2015 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia lineata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia melanopus (Weber, 1911) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia photogaster (Gon & Allen, 1998) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia tchefouensis (Fang, 1942) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| flagfin cardinalfishJaydia truncata (Bleeker, 1855) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia striata (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia heraldi (Herre, 1943) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia albomarginatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jaydia argyrogaster (Weber, 1909) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Apogon smithii (Kotthaus, 1970) (Kotthaus, 1970) | synonym |
| Apogon hung Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965 Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965 | synonym |
| Jaydia hungi (Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965) (Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965) | synonym |
| Jaydia hungi Fourmanoir, 1967 Fourmanoir, 1967 | synonym |
| Apogon hungi Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965 Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965 | synonym |
| Apogon smithi (Kotthaus, 1970) (Kotthaus, 1970) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Kotthaus, A. (1970). Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes ‘Meteor’ in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A. Systematischer Teil VIII Percomorphi (2. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie, No. 6: 56–75. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3QNTD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.