Glossamia
Glossamia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Apogonidae. The majority of the species are endemic to New Guinea, but G. aprion is also found in Australia.
It is solitary, mostly inhabiting riverside vegetation areas and crevices where rotten wood accumulates, and also lives in shallow wetlands on the edge of lakes. It is a larger species with a similar appearance to Glossamia gjellerupi, but usually the number of stripes of Glossamia gjellerupi is smaller, making the stripes of the fresh handle vertical.
Species
The 11 recognized species in this genus are:- Glossamia abo
- Glossamia aprion
- Glossamia arguni Hadiaty & G. R. Allen, 2011
- Glossamia beauforti
- Glossamia gjellerupi
- Glossamia heurni
- Glossamia narindica T. R. Roberts, 1978
- Glossamia sandei
- Glossamia timika G. R. Allen, Kent [Gregory Hortle|Hortle] & Samuel [Jafet Renyaan|Renyaan], 2000
- Glossamia trifasciata
- ''Glossamia wichmanni''