| Banggai cardinalfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Kurtiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Pterapogon |
| Species: | P. kauderni
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterapogon kauderni Koumans, 1933
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The Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) is a small tropical cardinalfish in the family Apogonidae. It is the only member of its genus.[2] This attractive fish is popular in the aquarium trade. It is among the relatively few marine fish to have been bred regularly in captivity, but significant numbers are still captured in the wild and it is now an endangered species. The detrimental impact of humans on its environment and certain fatal diseases threaten this species' numbers significantly. Iridovirus diseases are known to be significant reason for fish mortality.
- ^ Allen, G.R.; Donaldson, T.J. (2007). "Pterapogon kauderni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63572A12692964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63572A12692964.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Mabuchi, K.; Fraser, T.H.; Song, H.; Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014). "Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters". Zootaxa. 3846 (2): 151–203. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.1. PMID 25112246.