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Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes)
天竺鯛科 (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: viridiventer: Name from Latin 'viridis' for green and 'venter' for abdomen, referring to the green coloraton usually present in the abdomen in life..
More on authors: Greenfield, Langston & Randall.