''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
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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''
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905 (weedy cardinalfish)
* ''
Foa hyalina
Foa may refer to:
People
* Arnoldo Foà (1916–2014), Italian film actor
* Barrett Foa (born 1977), American actor
* Edna B. Foa (born 1937), Israeli psychologist
* Emanuele Foà (1892–1949), Italian engineer
* Eugénie Foa (1796–1852), Fre ...
''
( H. M. Smith & Radcliffe
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* ...
, 1912) (hyaline cardinalfish)
[
* '' 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
Foa may refer to:
People
* Arnoldo Foà (1916–2014), Italian film actor
* Barrett Foa (born 1977), American actor
* Edna B. Foa (born 1937), Israeli psychologist
* Emanuele Foà (1892–1949), Italian engineer
* Eugénie Foa (1796–1852), Fre ...
'' M. C. W. Weber, 1909 [
* '']Foa madagascariensis
Foa may refer to:
People
* Arnoldo Foà (1916–2014), Italian film actor
* Barrett Foa (born 1977), American actor
* Edna B. Foa (born 1937), Israeli psychologist
* Emanuele Foà (1892–1949), Italian engineer
* Eugénie Foa (1796–1852), Fre ...
'' Petit
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, 1931
* ''Foa nivosa
Foa may refer to:
People
* Arnoldo Foà (1916–2014), Italian film actor
* Barrett Foa (born 1977), American actor
* Edna B. Foa (born 1937), Israeli psychologist
* Emanuele Foà (1892–1949), Italian engineer
* Eugénie Foa (1796–1852), Fre ...
'' T. H. Fraser & J. E. Randall, 2011 [
* '']Foa yamba
Foa may refer to:
People
* Arnoldo Foà (1916–2014), Italian film actor
* Barrett Foa (born 1977), American actor
* Edna B. Foa (born 1937), Israeli psychologist
* Emanuele Foà (1892–1949), Italian engineer
* Eugénie Foa (1796–1852), Fre ...
'' 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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