Siphamia


Siphamia is a genus of cardinalfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Several of these species are commensal with various species of sea urchins.
Siphamia minor, a dwarf otolith-based species from the Burdigalian of southwestern India is the only fossil record for this genus.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:Siphamia arabica Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012Siphamia argentea Lachner, 1953 Siphamia arnazae Gerald R. Allen & Mark V. Erdmann, 2019 Siphamia brevilux Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 Siphamia cephalotes Siphamia corallicola G. R. Allen, 1993 Siphamia cuneiceps Whitley, 1941 Siphamia cyanophthalma Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 Siphamia elongata Lachner, 1953 Siphamia fistulosa Siphamia fraseri Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012Siphamia fuscolineata Lachner, 1953 Siphamia goreni Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012Siphamia guttulatus Siphamia jebbi G. R. Allen, 1993 Siphamia majimai Matsubara & Iwai, 1958 Siphamia mossambica J. L. B. Smith, 1955 Siphamia papuensis Gon, G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Gouws, 2014 Siphamia randalli Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012Siphamia roseigaster Siphamia senoui Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012Siphamia spinicola Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 Siphamia stenotes Gon & G. R. Allen, 2012 Siphamia tubifer M. C. W. Weber, 1909 Siphamia tubulata Siphamia minor Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022