Foa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Kurtiformes

Subordo: Apogonoidei
Familia: Apogonidae
Subfamilia: Apogoninae
Genus: Foa
Species (10): F. abocellata – F. brachygramma – F. fistulosa – F. fo – F. hyalina – F. leisi – F. madagascariensis – F. nivosa – †F. obesa – F. vaiulae – F. yamba
Name

Foa Jordan & Evermann in Jordan and Seale, 1905

Type species: Foa brachygramma
References

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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.2.3 Reference page.
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. Preview

Links

Foa – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Foa species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Foa is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species

The 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

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.
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.
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.