Neamia Smith and Radcliffe

Fraser, Thomas H. & Allen, Gerald R., 2006, A new species of Neamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the West Pacific Ocean, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63 (1), pp. 1-5 : 1

Neamia Smith and Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1912

Type species. Neamia octospina Smith and Radcliffe in Radcliffe,

1912.

Diagnosis. An apogonine with 3 hypurals, 1 and 2 fused, 3 and 4 fused, 5 free, hypurals 3+4 fused to urostylar centrum; 1 pair of reduced or slender uroneurals; 3 epurals; 3 supraneurals; 2 supernumerary dorsal-fin spines; smooth preopercle edges and ridge, smooth post-temporal; no basisphenoid; a reduced, tiny supramaxilla; no palatine teeth; scales on cheek and opercle cycloid; lateral-line scales extending from post-temporal to base of caudal fin, all ctenoid with simple pores; rounded caudal fin; 9 dorsal-fin spines, 8th spine visible or hidden by skin, dorsal fin deeply notched and considered separate, the 9th spine at beginning of 2nd dorsal fin; dorsal-fin rays 9; anal-fin rays 8; pectoral-fin rays 13–21; pale stomach, intestine and peritoneum.