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''Fowleria'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of fishes in the family
Apogonidae Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water and a few (notably ''Glossamia'') are found in fresh water. A h ...
native to the
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s. The name of this genus honors the American
ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of October ...
Henry Weed Fowler Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania. He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked a ...
((1878-1965)) of the
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, who attended Stanford University, where he was a student of David Starr Jordan'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.''
* '' Fowleria aurita'' (
Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1831)
(crosseyed cardinalfish) * '' Fowleria flammea'' G. R. Allen, 1993 * '' Fowleria isostigma'' ( D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (dotted cardinalfish) * '' Fowleria marmorata'' (
Alleyne Alleyne is an English-language surname. People with the name include: * Aaliyah Alleyne (born 1994), West Indian cricketer * Alleyne baronets * Anthony Alleyne (born 1993), Barbadian cricketer * Archie Alleyne (1933–2015), Canadian jazz musicia ...
& W. J. Macleay, 1877)
(marbled cardinalfish) * '' Fowleria polystigma'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Fowleria punctulata'' ( Rüppell, 1838) (spotcheek cardinalfish) * '' Fowleria vaiulae'' (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (mottled cardinalfish) * '' Fowleria variegata'' (
Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1832)
(variegated cardinalfish)


References

Apogoninae Marine fish genera Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann {{ray-finned fish-stub