Jaydia is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae native to the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

The 18 recognized species in this genus are:

  • Jaydia albomarginatus (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  • Jaydia argyrogaster (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (silver-mouth cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia carinatus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (ocellated cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia catalai (Fourmanoir, 1973)
  • Jaydia erythrophthalma Gon, Y. C. Liao & K. T. Shao, 2015
  • Jaydia hungi (Fourmanoir & Do-Thi, 1965)
  • Jaydia lineata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Indian cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia melanopus (M. C. W. Weber, 1911) (monster cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia novaeguineae (Valenciennes, 1832)
  • Jaydia photogaster (Gon & G. R. Allen, 1998) (silver-belly cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia poecilopterus (G. Cuvier, 1828) (pearly-finned cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia quartus (T. H. Fraser, 2000)
  • Jaydia queketti (Gilchrist, 1903) (spot-fin cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970 (Smith's cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia striata (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  • Jaydia striatodes (Gon, 1997)
  • Jaydia tchefouensis (P. W. Fang, 1942)
  • Jaydia truncata (Bleeker, 1855) (flag-fin cardinalfish)
  • Jaydia? quilonica Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith based fossil species, Burdigalian)