Apogonoidei
| Apogonoidei Temporal range: | |
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| Kurtus indicus female | |
| Apogon imberbis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Suborder: | Apogonoidei Thacker, 2009 |
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The Apogonoidei is a suborder of gobiiform fish consisting of two families: the Indo-Pacific Kurtidae (consisting solely of two species in the genus Kurtus) and the much more diverse and widespread Apogonidae (the cardinalfishes). The order is part of the Percomorpha clade and, based on phylogenetic evidence, is considered a sister taxon to the gobies and sand divers. In some older treatments, it is instead treated as its own order, Kurtiformes (/ˈkɜːrtɪfɔːrmiːz/).