Apogonidae

sea urchin cardinal

Siphamia mossambica

Apogonid Fish of the South African Coast

• Tropical
• Island endemic
• Island endemic species
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Deep-bodied
• Small
• Tropical fish

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 (Miocene) of southwestern India is the only fossil record for this genus.