''Foa'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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es in the
family
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Apogonidae
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, the cardinalfishes, native to the
Indian and
Pacific Ocean
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s.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
[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.''
* ''
Foa brachygramma''
( O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (weed cardinalfish)
* ''
Foa fo
''Foa fo'' is a species of cardinalfish of the genus Foa. Its common name
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''
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905 (weedy cardinalfish)
* ''
Foa hyalina''
( H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (hyaline cardinalfish)
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* '' Foa leisi'' T. H. Fraser & J. E. Randall, 2011 ][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.''
* '' Foa longimana'' M. C. W. Weber, 1909 [
* '' Foa madagascariensis'' Petit, 1931
* '' Foa nivosa'' T. H. Fraser & J. E. Randall, 2011 ][
* '' Foa yamba'' T. H. Fraser, 2014 (Yamba cardinalfish) ][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.''
References
Apogoninae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann
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