Foa is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Foa | |
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| Foa brachygramma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Apogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Apogoninae |
| Genus: | Foa D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Fowleria brachygrammus Jenkins, 1903
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Species
editThe recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Foa brachygramma (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (weed cardinalfish)
- Foa fo D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905 (weedy cardinalfish)
- Foa hyalina (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (hyaline cardinalfish) [2]
- Foa leisi T. H. Fraser & J. E. Randall, 2011 [3]
- Foa longimana M. C. W. Weber, 1909 [2]
- Foa madagascariensis Petit, 1931
- Foa nivosa T. H. Fraser & J. E. Randall, 2011 [3]
- Foa yamba T. H. Fraser, 2014 (Yamba cardinalfish) [2]
References
edit- ^ Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014): Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.
- ^ a b c Fraser, T.H. (2014): Foa yamba, a new species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha: Apogonidae: Apogonichthyini) from the tidal region of the Clarence River, Australia and redescriptions of the West Pacific Foa longimana and Foa hyalina. Zootaxa, 3878 (2): 167–178.
- ^ a b Fraser, T.H. & Randall, J.E. (2011): Two new species of Foa (Apogonidae) from the Pacific Plate, with redescriptions of Foa brachygramma and Foa fo. Zootaxa, 2988: 1–27.
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