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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Kurtiformes
Family: Apogonidae Cardinalfishes
Subfamily: Apogoninae
Genus: Foa

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8 species

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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Central Pacific
Max. Length 6.4 cm SL
Foa brachygramma (Jenkins, 1903)
Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Foa brachygramma
[Weed cardinalfish]
Photo by Rose, J.-L.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Foa fo Jordan & Seale, 1905
Photo by Rose, J.-L.
 
Foa fo
[Weedy cardinalfish]
Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 4.7 cm SL
Foa hyalina (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Foa hyalina
[Hyaline cardinalfish]
Photo by Williams, J.T.

Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
Foa leisi Fraser & Randall, 2011
Photo by Williams, J.T.
 
Foa leisi
Photo by Fraser, T.

Indo-Pacific.

Foa madagascariensis Petit, 1931
Photo by Fraser, T.
 
Foa madagascariensis
Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
Foa nivosa Fraser & Randall, 2011
Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Foa nivosa
Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
Foa winterbottomi Fraser, 2020
Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Foa winterbottomi
No picture found

Max. Length 5.0 cm SL
 
Foa yamba


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Foa brachygramma Weed cardinalfish Central Pacific 6.4 SL 1903
Foa fo Weedy cardinalfish Indo-Pacific 3.5 SL 1905
Foa hyalina Hyaline cardinalfish Western Pacific. 4.7 SL 1912
Foa leisi Central Pacific 3.8 SL 2011
Foa madagascariensis Indo-Pacific. 1931
Foa nivosa Western Pacific 2.9 SL 2011
Foa winterbottomi Western Indian Ocean 4.2 SL 2020
Foa yamba Southwest Pacific 5.0 SL 2014



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