| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Amioides polyacanthus | (Vaillant, 1877) | |
| Apogon americanus | Castelnau, 1855 | Brazilian flamefish |
| Apogon atradorsatus | Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 | Blacktip cardinalfish |
| Apogon atricaudus | Jordan & McGregor, 1898 | Plain cardinalfish |
| Apogon aurolineatus | (Mowbray, 1927) | Bridle cardinalfish |
| Apogon axillaris | Valenciennes, 1832 | Axillary-spot cardinalfish |
| Apogon binotatus | (Poey, 1867) | Barred cardinalfish |
| Apogon campbelli | Smith, 1949 | |
| Apogon caudicinctus | Randall & Smith, 1988 | Little tailband cardinalfish |
| Apogon ceramensis | Bleeker, 1852 | Mangrove cardinalfish |
| Apogon coccineus | Rüppell, 1838 | Ruby cardinalfish |
| Apogon crassiceps | Garman, 1903 | Transparent cardinalfish |
| Apogon dammermani | Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 | |
| Apogon deetsie | Randall, 1998 | Deetsie's cardinalfish |
| Apogon dhofar | Mee, 1995 | Dhofar cardinalfish |
| Apogon dianthus | Fraser & Randall, 2002 | |
| Apogon doryssa | (Jordan & Seale, 1906) | Longspine cardinalfish |
| Apogon dovii | Günther, 1862 | Tailspot cardinalfish |
| Apogon erythrinus | Snyder, 1904 | Hawaiian ruby cardinalfish |
| Apogon erythrosoma | Gon & Randall, 2003 | |
| Apogon fugax | Gon, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2020 | elusive cardinalfish |
| Apogon gouldi | Smith-Vaniz, 1977 | Deepwater cardinalfish |
| Apogon guadalupensis | (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) | Guadalupe cardinalfish |
| Apogon hypselonotus | Bleeker, 1855 | Long-spine cardinalfish |
| Apogon imberbis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Cardinal fish |
| Apogon indicus | Greenfield, 2001 | Indian cardinalfish |
| Apogon kautamea | Greenfield & Randall, 2004 | Rapanui cardinalfish |
| Apogon lachneri | Böhlke, 1959 | Whitestar cardinalfish |
| Apogon lativittatus | Randall, 2001 | |
| Apogon latus | Cuvier, 1828 | |
| Apogon leptocaulus | Gilbert, 1972 | Slendertail cardinalfish |
| Apogon maculatus | (Poey, 1860) | Flamefish |
| Apogon marquesensis | Greenfield, 2001 | |
| Apogon mosavi | Dale, 1977 | Dwarf cardinalfish |
| Apogon nitidus | (Smith, 1961) | Bluespot cardinalfish |
| Apogon pacificus | (Herre, 1935) | Pink cardinalfish |
| Apogon phenax | Böhlke & Randall, 1968 | Mimic cardinalfish |
| Apogon pillionatus | Böhlke & Randall, 1968 | Broadsaddle cardinalfish |
| Apogon planifrons | Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 | Pale cardinalfish |
| Apogon posterofasciatus | Allen & Randall, 2002 | Rearbar cardinalfish |
| Apogon pseudomaculatus | Longley, 1932 | Twospot cardinalfish |
| Apogon quadrisquamatus | Longley, 1934 | Sawcheek cardinalfish |
| Apogon retrosella | (Gill, 1862) | Barspot cardinalfish |
| Apogon robbyi | Gilbert & Tyler, 1997 | Striped cardinalfish |
| Apogon robinsi | Böhlke & Randall, 1968 | Roughlip cardinalfish |
| Apogon rubellus | (Smith, 1961) | |
| Apogon rubrifuscus | Greenfield & Randall, 2004 | Flathead cardinalfish |
| Apogon seminigracaudus | Greenfield, 2007 | Darktail cardinalfish |
| Apogon semiornatus | Peters, 1876 | Oblique-banded cardinalfish |
| Apogon soloriens | Yoshida & Motomura, 2020 | Rising-sun cardinalfish |
| Apogon susanae | Greenfield, 2001 | |
| Apogon talboti | Smith, 1961 | Flame cardinalfish |
| Apogon townsendi | (Breder, 1927) | Belted cardinalfish |
| Apogon tricinctus | (Allen & Erdmann, 2012) | Threeband cardinalfish |
| Apogon unicolor | Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883 | Big red cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides atripes | (Ogilby, 1916) | Bulls-eye cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus | (Weber, 1909) | Many-banded cardinal-fish |
| Apogonichthyoides cantoris | (Bleeker, 1851) | |
| Apogonichthyoides cathetogramma | (Tanaka, 1917) | |
| Apogonichthyoides chrysurus | (Ogilby, 1889) | Golden cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides erdmanni | Fraser & Allen, 2011 | Deepreef cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides euspilotus | (Fraser, 2006) | |
| Apogonichthyoides gardineri | (Regan, 1908) | |
| Apogonichthyoides heptastygma | (Cuvier, 1828) | |
| Apogonichthyoides maculipinnis | (Regan, 1908) | Specklehead cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides melas | (Bleeker, 1848) | Black cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides miniatus | Fraser, 2010 | |
| Apogonichthyoides niger | (Döderlein, 1883) | |
| Apogonichthyoides nigripinnis | (Cuvier, 1828) | Bullseye |
| Apogonichthyoides opercularis | (Macleay, 1878) | Pearlycheek cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides pharaonis | (Bellotti, 1874) | Pharaoh cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus | (Gon, 1986) | Doublebar cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides regani | (Whitley, 1951) | |
| Apogonichthyoides sialis | (Jordan & Thompson, 1914) | Twinbar cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides taeniatus | (Cuvier, 1828) | Twobelt cardinal |
| Apogonichthyoides timorensis | (Bleeker, 1854) | Timor cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides umbratilis | Fraser & Allen, 2010 | Cryptic cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthyoides uninotatus | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | Onespot cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthys infuscus | (Fourmanoir, 1955) | Tan cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthys landoni | Herre, 1934 | |
| Apogonichthys ocellatus | (Weber, 1913) | Ocellated cardinalfish |
| Apogonichthys perdix | Bleeker, 1854 | Perdix cardinalfish |
| Archamia bleekeri | (Günther, 1859) | Gon's cardinalfish |
| Astrapogon alutus | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Bronze cardinalfish |
| Astrapogon puncticulatus | (Poey, 1867) | Blackfin cardinalfish |
| Astrapogon stellatus | (Cope, 1867) | Conchfish |
| Cercamia cladara | Randall & Smith, 1988 | Frail cardinalfish |
| Cercamia eremia | (Allen, 1987) | Glassy cardinalfish |
| Cercamia laamu | Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021 | |
| Cercamia mascarene | Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021 | |
| Cercamia melanogaster | Allen, Erdmann & Mahardini, 2015 | |
| Cercamia spio | Fraser, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann, 2021 | Red Sea nymph cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus alleni | Gon, 1993 | Allen's cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus arabicus | (Gmelin, 1789) | Tiger cardinal |
| Cheilodipterus artus | Smith, 1961 | Wolf cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus intermedius | Gon, 1993 | Intermediate cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus isostigma | (Schultz, 1940) | Dog-toothed cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus lachneri | Klausewitz, 1959 | Aqaba Cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus macrodon | (Lacepède, 1802) | Large toothed cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | |
| Cheilodipterus novemstriatus | (Rüppell, 1838) | Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus octovittatus | Cuvier, 1828 | |
| Cheilodipterus parazonatus | Gon, 1993 | Mimic cardinal |
| Cheilodipterus persicus | Gon, 1993 | Persian cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus pygmaios | Gon, 1993 | |
| Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus | Cuvier, 1828 | Five-lined cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus singapurensis | Bleeker, 1860 | Truncate cardinalfish |
| Cheilodipterus subulatus | Weber, 1909 | |
| Cheilodipterus zonatus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | Yellowbelly cardinalfish |
| Fibramia amboinensis | (Bleeker, 1853) | Amboina cardinalfish |
| Fibramia lateralis | (Valenciennes, 1832) | Humpback cardinal |
| Fibramia thermalis | (Cuvier, 1829) | Half-barred cardinal |
| Foa brachygramma | (Jenkins, 1903) | Weed cardinalfish |
| Foa fo | Jordan & Seale, 1905 | Weedy cardinalfish |
| Foa hyalina | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | Hyaline cardinalfish |
| Foa leisi | Fraser & Randall, 2011 | |
| Foa madagascariensis | Petit, 1931 | |
| Foa nivosa | Fraser & Randall, 2011 | |
| Foa winterbottomi | Fraser, 2020 | |
| Foa yamba | Fraser, 2014 | |
| Fowleria amblyuroptera | (Bleeker, 1853) | |
| Fowleria aurita | (Valenciennes, 1831) | Crosseyed cardinalfish |
| Fowleria flammea | Allen, 1993 | |
| Fowleria isostigma | (Jordan & Seale, 1906) | Dotted cardinalfish |
| Fowleria marmorata | (Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) | Marbled cardinalfish |
| Fowleria punctulata | (Rüppell, 1838) | Spotcheek cardinalfish |
| Fowleria vaiulae | (Jordan & Seale, 1906) | Mottled cardinalfish |
| Fowleria variegata | (Valenciennes, 1832) | Variegated cardinalfish |
| Glossamia abo | (Herre, 1935) | |
| Glossamia aprion | (Richardson, 1842) | Mouth almighty |
| Glossamia arguni | Hadiaty & Allen, 2011 | |
| Glossamia beauforti | (Weber, 1907) | Beaufort's mouth almighty |
| Glossamia gjellerupi | (Weber & de Beaufort, 1929) | Gjellerup's mouth almighty |
| Glossamia heurni | (Weber & de Beaufort, 1929) | |
| Glossamia narindica | Roberts, 1978 | Slender mouth almighty |
| Glossamia sandei | (Weber, 1907) | Sande's mouth almighty |
| Glossamia timika | Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 | Timika Mouth Almighty |
| Glossamia trifasciata | (Weber, 1913) | Three-barred mouth almighty |
| Glossamia wichmanni | (Weber, 1907) | Wichmann's mouth almighty |
| Gymnapogon africanus | Smith, 1954 | Crystal cardinal |
| Gymnapogon annona | (Whitley, 1936) | Naked cardinalfish |
| Gymnapogon foraminosus | (Tanaka, 1915) | |
| Gymnapogon japonicus | Regan, 1905 | |
| Gymnapogon melanogaster | Gon & Golani, 2002 | |
| Gymnapogon philippinus | (Herre, 1939) | Philippine cardinalfish |
| Gymnapogon urospilotus | Lachner, 1953 | B-spot cardinalfish |
| Gymnapogon vanderbilti | (Fowler, 1938) | Vanderbilt's cardinalfish |
| Gymnapogon velum | Fraser, 2019 | Highfin cardinalfish |
| Holapogon maximus | (Boulenger, 1888) | Titan cardinalfish |
| Jaydia albomarginatus | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | |
| Jaydia argyrogaster | (Weber, 1909) | Silvermouth siphonfish |
| Jaydia carinatus | (Cuvier, 1828) | Ocellate cardinalfish |
| Jaydia catalai | (Fourmanoir, 1973) | |
| Jaydia ellioti | (Day, 1875) | Flag-in cardinal-fish |
| Jaydia erythrophthalma | Gon, Liao & Shao, 2015 | |
| Jaydia hungi | (Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965) | |
| Jaydia lineata | (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) | Indian perch |
| Jaydia melanopus | (Weber, 1911) | Monster cardinal-fish |
| Jaydia novaeguineae | (Valenciennes, 1832) | |
| Jaydia photogaster | (Gon & Allen, 1998) | Silverbelly cardinalfish |
| Jaydia poeciloptera | (Cuvier, 1828) | Pearly-finned cardinalfish |
| Jaydia quartus | (Fraser, 2000) | |
| Jaydia queketti | (Gilchrist, 1903) | Spotfin cardinal |
| Jaydia smithi | Kotthaus, 1970 | Smith's cardinalfish |
| Jaydia striata | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | |
| Jaydia striatodes | (Gon, 1997) | |
| Jaydia tchefouensis | (Fang, 1942) | |
| Jaydia truncata | (Bleeker, 1855) | Flagfin cardinalfish |
| Lachneratus phasmaticus | Fraser & Struhsaker, 1991 | Phantom cardinalfish |
| Lepidamia kalosoma | (Bleeker, 1852) | Pinstripe cardinalfish |
| Lepidamia multitaeniata | (Cuvier, 1828) | Smallscale cardinal |
| Lepidamia natalensis | (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) | |
| Lepidamia omanensis | (Gon & Mee, 1995) | Oman cardinalfish |
| Neamia articycla | Fraser & Allen, 2006 | Circular cardinalfish |
| Neamia notula | Fraser & Allen, 2001 | Gillspot cardinalfish |
| Neamia octospina | Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | Eightspine cardinalfish |
| Neamia xenica | Fraser, 2010 | |
| Nectamia annularis | (Rüppell, 1829) | Ringtail cardinalfish |
| Nectamia bandanensis | (Bleeker, 1854) | Bigeye cardinalfish |
| Nectamia fusca | (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | Ghost cardinalfish |
| Nectamia ignitops | Fraser, 2008 | Fire-eye cardinalfish |
| Nectamia luxuria | Fraser, 2008 | Multi-barred cardinalfish |
| Nectamia savayensis | (Günther, 1872) | Samoan cardinalfish |
| Nectamia similis | Fraser, 2008 | Similar cardinalfish |
| Nectamia viria | Fraser, 2008 | Bracelet cardinalfish |
| Nectamia zebrina | (Fraser, Randall & Lachner, 1999) | |
| Ostorhinchus capricornis | (Allen & Randall, 1993) | Capricorn cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus cavitensis | (Jordan & Seale, 1907) | Whiteline cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus chalcius | (Fraser & Randall, 1986) | |
| Ostorhinchus cheni | (Hayashi, 1990) | |
| Ostorhinchus chrysopomus | (Bleeker, 1854) | Spotted-gill cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus chrysotaenia | (Bleeker, 1851) | Yellowlined cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus cladophilos | (Allen & Randall, 2002) | Shelter cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus compressus | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) | Ochre-striped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus cookii | (Macleay, 1881) | Cook's cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus cyanosoma | (Bleeker, 1853) | Yellowstriped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus cyanotaenia | (Bleeker, 1853) | |
| Ostorhinchus dispar | (Fraser & Randall, 1976) | Redspot cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus diversus | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | |
| Ostorhinchus doederleini | (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | Doederlein's cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus endekataenia | (Bleeker, 1852) | Candystripe cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus fasciatus | (White, 1790) | Broadbanded cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus flagelliferus | Smith, 1961 | Coachwhip cardinal |
| Ostorhinchus flavus | (Allen & Randall, 1993) | Brassy cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus fleurieu | Lacepède, 1802 | Flower cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus franssedai | (Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994) | Frans' cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus fukuii | (Hayashi, 1990) | |
| Ostorhinchus griffini | (Seale, 1910) | Hookfin cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus gularis | (Fraser & Lachner, 1984) | Gular cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus hartzfeldii | (Bleeker, 1852) | Hartzfeld's cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus hoevenii | (Bleeker, 1854) | Frostfin cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus angustatus | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) | Broadstriped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus aphanes | Fraser, 2012 | |
| Ostorhinchus apogonoides | (Bleeker, 1856) | Short-tooth cardinal |
| Ostorhinchus aroubiensis | (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) | |
| Ostorhinchus aterrimus | (Günther, 1867) | |
| Ostorhinchus atrogaster | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | Blackbelly cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus aureus | (Lacepède, 1802) | Ring-tailed cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus brevispinis | (Fraser & Randall, 2003) | |
| Ostorhinchus bryx | (Fraser, 1998) | Offshore cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus holotaenia | (Regan, 1905) | Copperstriped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus ishigakiensis | (Ida & Moyer, 1974) | |
| Ostorhinchus jenkinsi | (Evermann & Seale, 1907) | Spot-nape cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus kiensis | (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | Rifle cardinal |
| Ostorhinchus komodoensis | (Allen, 1998) | Komodo cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus leptofasciatus | (Allen, 2001) | Slenderline cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus leslie | Schultz & Randall, 2006 | |
| Ostorhinchus limenus | (Randall & Hoese, 1988) | Sydney cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus lineomaculatus | (Allen & Randall, 2002) | Linespot cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus luteus | (Randall & Kulbicki, 1998) | Yellow cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus maculiferus | (Garrett, 1864) | Spotted cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus margaritophorus | (Bleeker, 1855) | Red-striped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus melanoproctus | (Fraser & Randall, 1976) | Blackvent cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus melanopterus | (Fowler & Bean, 1930) | |
| Ostorhinchus microspilos | (Allen & Randall, 2002) | Microspot cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus moluccensis | (Valenciennes, 1832) | Moluccan cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus monospilus | (Fraser, Randall & Allen, 2002) | Moluccen cardinal |
| Ostorhinchus multilineatus | (Bleeker, 1874) | Many-lined cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus mydrus | (Jordan & Seale, 1905) | |
| Ostorhinchus nanus | (Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994) | Tiny cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus neotes | (Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994) | Mini cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus nigripes | (Playfair, 1867) | Blackfoot cardinal |
| Ostorhinchus nigrocincta | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | Blackbelt cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus | (Lachner, 1953) | Blackstripe cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus norfolcensis | (Ogilby, 1888) | Norfolk cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus notatus | (Houttuyn, 1782) | Spotnape cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus noumeae | (Whitley, 1958) | |
| Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus | (Cuvier, 1828) | Sevenstriped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus ocellicaudus | (Allen, Kuiter & Randall, 1994) | Tail-eye cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus oxina | (Fraser, 1999) | |
| Ostorhinchus oxygrammus | (Allen, 2001) | Sharpline cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus pallidofasciatus | (Allen, 1987) | Palestriped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus pallidus | Allen & Erdmann, 2017 | |
| Ostorhinchus parvulus | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | |
| Ostorhinchus pleuron | (Fraser, 2005) | Rib-bar cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus properuptus | (Whitley, 1964) | Southern orange-lined cardinal fish |
| Ostorhinchus pselion | (Randall, Fraser & Lachner, 1990) | |
| Ostorhinchus quinquestriatus | (Regan, 1908) | |
| Ostorhinchus radcliffei | (Fowler, 1918) | |
| Ostorhinchus regula | (Fraser & Randall, 2003) | |
| Ostorhinchus relativus | (Randall, 2001) | |
| Ostorhinchus rubrimacula | (Randall & Kulbicki, 1998) | Rubyspot cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus rueppellii | (Günther, 1859) | Gobbleguts |
| Ostorhinchus schlegeli | (Bleeker, 1855) | Schlegel's cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus sealei | (Fowler, 1918) | Seale's cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus selas | (Randall & Hayashi, 1990) | Meteor cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus semilineatus | (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) | Half-lined cardinal |
| Ostorhinchus septemstriatus | (Günther, 1880) | Sevenband cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus sinus | (Randall, 2001) | |
| Ostorhinchus spilurus | (Regan, 1905) | |
| Ostorhinchus taeniophorus | (Regan, 1908) | Reef-flat cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus unitaeniatus | (Allen, 1995) | Single-striped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus urostigmus | (Bleeker, 1874) | |
| Ostorhinchus victoriae | (Günther, 1859) | Western striped cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus wassinki | (Bleeker, 1861) | Kupang cardinalfish |
| Ostorhinchus wilsoni | (Fowler, 1918) | |
| Ozichthys albimaculosus | (Kailola, 1976) | Cream-spotted cardinalfish |
| Paroncheilus affinis | (Poey, 1875) | Bigtooth cardinalfish |
| Paxton concilians | Baldwin & Johnson, 1999 | Paxton's cardinalfish |
| Phaeoptyx conklini | (Silvester, 1915) | Freckled cardinalfish |
| Phaeoptyx pigmentaria | (Poey, 1860) | Dusky cardinalfish |
| Phaeoptyx xenus | (Böhlke & Randall, 1968) | Sponge cardinalfish |
| Pristiapogon abrogramma | (Fraser & Lachner, 1985) | Lateralstripe cardinalfish |
| Pristiapogon exostigma | (Jordan & Starks, 1906) | Narrowstripe cardinalfish |
| Pristiapogon fraenatus | (Valenciennes, 1832) | Bridled cardinalfish |
| Pristiapogon kallopterus | (Bleeker, 1856) | Iridescent cardinalfish |
| Pristiapogon taeniopterus | (Bennett, 1836) | Bandfin cardinalfish |
| Pristicon rhodopterus | (Bleeker, 1852) | Redfin cardinalfish |
| Pristicon rufus | (Randall & Fraser, 1999) | Rufus cardinalfish |
| Pristicon trimaculatus | (Cuvier, 1828) | Three-spot cardinalfish |
| Pseudamia amblyuroptera | (Bleeker, 1856) | White-jawed cardinalfish |
| Pseudamia gelatinosa | Smith, 1956 | Gelatinous cardinalfish |
| Pseudamia hayashii | Randall, Lachner & Fraser, 1985 | Hayashi's cardinalfish |
| Pseudamia nigra | Allen, 1992 | Estuary cardinalfish |
| Pseudamia rubra | Randall & Ida, 1993 | |
| Pseudamia tarri | Randall, Lachner & Fraser, 1985 | Tarr's cardinalfish |
| Pseudamia zonata | Randall, Lachner & Fraser, 1985 | Paddlefish cardinalfish |
| Pseudamiops diaphanes | Randall, 1998 | Transparent cardinalfish |
| Pseudamiops gracilicauda | (Lachner, 1953) | Graceful-tailed cardinalfish |
| Pseudamiops pellucidus | Smith, 1954 | Limpid cardinal |
| Pseudamiops phasma | Randall, 2001 | |
| Pseudamiops springeri | Gon, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2013 | |
| Pterapogon kauderni | Koumans, 1933 | Banggai cardinal fish |
| Quinca mirifica | Mees, 1966 | Sailfin cardinalfish |
| Rhabdamia gracilis | (Bleeker, 1856) | Luminous cardinalfish |
| Rhabdamia nigrimentum | (Smith, 1961) | |
| Rhabdamia novaluna | Yoshida, Mabuchi & Motomura, 2018 | New-moon cardinalfish |
| Rhabdamia spilota | Allen & Kuiter, 1994 | |
| Siphamia fistulosa | (Weber, 1909) | Fistulose cardinalfish |
| Siphamia fraseri | Gon & Allen, 2012 | |
| Siphamia fuscolineata | Lachner, 1953 | Crown-of-thorns cardinalfish |
| Siphamia goreni | Gon & Allen, 2012 | |
| Siphamia guttulata | (Alleyne & Macleay, 1877) | Speckled siphonfish |
| Siphamia jebbi | Allen, 1993 | Jebb's siphonfish |
| Siphamia majimai | Matsubara & Iwai, 1958 | Striped siphonfish |
| Siphamia arabica | Gon & Allen, 2012 | |
| Siphamia argentea | Lachner, 1953 | Silver siphonfish |
| Siphamia arnazae | Allen & Erdmann, 2019 | Cat’s eye cardinalfish |
| Siphamia brevilux | Gon & Allen, 2012 | Shortlight siphonfish |
| Siphamia cephalotes | (Castelnau, 1875) | Wood's siphonfish |
| Siphamia corallicola | Allen, 1993 | Coral siphonfish |
| Siphamia cuneiceps | Whitley, 1941 | Wedgehead siphonfish |
| Siphamia cyanophthalma | Gon & Allen, 2012 | Blue-eye siphonfish |
| Siphamia elongata | Lachner, 1953 | Elongate siphonfish |
| Siphamia mossambica | Smith, 1955 | Sea urchin cardinal |
| Siphamia papuensis | Gon, Allen, Erdmann & Gouws 2014 | |
| Siphamia randalli | Gon & Allen, 2012 | |
| Siphamia roseigaster | (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887) | Pinkbreast siphonfish |
| Siphamia senoui | Gon & Allen, 2012 | |
| Siphamia spinicola | Gon & Allen, 2012 | Reef siphonfish |
| Siphamia stenotes | Gon & Allen, 2012 | Narrow-lined siphonfish |
| Siphamia tubifer | Weber, 1909 | Tubifer cardinalfish |
| Siphamia tubulata | (Weber, 1909) | Siphonfish |
| Sphaeramia nematoptera | (Bleeker, 1856) | Pajama cardinalfish |
| Sphaeramia orbicularis | (Cuvier, 1828) | Orbiculate cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia ataenia | (Randall & Satapoomin, 1999) | Barless cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia biguttata | (Lachner, 1951) | Twinspot cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia bilineata | (Gon & Randall, 1995) | |
| Taeniamia buruensis | (Bleeker, 1856) | Buru cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia flavofasciata | (Gon & Randall, 2003) | |
| Taeniamia fucata | (Cantor, 1849) | Orangelined cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia kagoshimana | (Döderlein, 1883) | |
| Taeniamia leai | (Waite, 1916) | Lea's cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia lineolata | (Cuvier, 1828) | Shimmering cardinal |
| Taeniamia macroptera | (Cuvier, 1828) | Dusky-tailed cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia melasma | (Lachner & Taylor, 1960) | Blackspot cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia mozambiquensis | (Smith, 1961) | Mozambique cardinalfish |
| Taeniamia pallida | (Gon & Randall, 1995) | |
| Taeniamia zosterophora | (Bleeker, 1856) | Blackbelted cardinalfish |
| Verulux cypselurus | (Weber, 1909) | Swallowtail cardinalfish |
| Vincentia badia | Allen, 1987 | Scarlet cardinalfish |
| Vincentia conspersa | (Klunzinger, 1872) | Southern cardinalfish |
| Vincentia macrocauda | Allen, 1987 | Smooth cardinalfish |
| Vincentia novaehollandiae | (Valenciennes, 1832) | Eastern gobbleguts |
| Vincentia punctata | (Klunzinger, 1879) | Orange cardinalfish |
| Yarica hyalosoma | (Bleeker, 1852) | Humpbacked cardinalfish |
| Zapogon evermanni | (Jordan & Snyder, 1904) | Evermann's cardinalfish |
| Zapogon isus | (Randall & Böhlke, 1981) | |
| Zoramia flebila | Greenfield, Langston & Randall, 2005 | |
| Zoramia fragilis | (Smith, 1961) | Fragile cardinalfish |
| Zoramia gilberti | (Jordan & Seale, 1905) | Gilbert's cardinalfish |
| Zoramia leptacanthus | (Bleeker, 1856) | Threadfin cardinalfish |
| Zoramia perlita | (Fraser & Lachner, 1985) | Pearly cardinalfish |
| Zoramia viridiventer | Greenfield, Langston & Randall, 2005 |