flamefish
Apogon maculatus (Poey, 1860)
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Apogon maculatus (Poey, 1860)
- Name authority
- (Poey, 1860)
- Common name
- flamefish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Apogoniformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Apogon
- 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
- genusApogon Lacepède, 1801
- speciesApogon maculatus (Poey, 1860)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Apogon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe cardinalfishApogon guadalupensis (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bridle cardinalfishApogon aurolineatus (Mowbray, 1927) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apogon dianthus Fraser & Randall, 2002 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ruby cardinalfishApogon coccineus Rüppell, 1838 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| plain cardinalfishApogon atricaudus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apogon americanus Castelnau, 1855 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barred cardinalfishApogon binotatus (Poey, 1867) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apogon caudicinctus Randall & Smith, 1988 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apogon ceramensis Bleeker, 1852 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apogon deetsie Randall, 1998 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apogon doryssa (Jordan & Seale, 1906) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Monoprion maculatus Poey, 1860 Poey, 1860 | synonym |
| Apogon sellicauda Evermann & Marsh, 1900 Evermann & Marsh, 1900 | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159589 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:FSGB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.