Sponge Cardinalfish Phaeoptyx xenus

Classification

Apogonidae [family]

Phaeoptyx [genus] (3)

xenus [species]

Classification

Apogonidae [family]

Phaeoptyx [genus] (3)

xenus [species]

Names

English name	Sponge Cardinalfish
Valid name	Phaeoptyx xenus (Böhlke & Randall, 1968)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Chordata [phylum] Chordates
  - Teleostei [class] Bony fish
    - Apogoniformes [order]
      - Apogonidae [family] Cardinalfishes
        
        Phaeoptyx Fraser & Robins, 1970 [genus]
        
        Phaeoptyx xenus (Böhlke & Randall, 1968) [species] Sponge Cardinalfish