Sailfin cardinalfish
| Sailfin cardinalfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Quinca |
| Species: | Q. mirifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Quinca mirifica (Mees, 1966)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pterapogon mirifica Mees, 1966 | |
The Sailfin cardinalfish (Quinca mirifica) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, and the only member of its genus. It is a large, almost all-black cardinal fish which is endemic to coral reefs in Western Australia. They are not yet common in the Aquarium trade, and are nocturnal.