Cercamia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes. They are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:

  • Cercamia cladara J. E. Randall & C. L. Smith, 1988
  • Cercamia eremia (G. R. Allen, 1987) (glassy cardinalfish)
  • Cercamia melanogaster G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Mahardini, 2015 (blackbelly cardinalfish)

The former genus Apogonoides is now thought to be synonymous with Cercamia. The extinct species †Cercamia cottreaui Arambourg, 1928 (described as Apogonoides cottreaui) is known from the Late Miocene of Algeria.