Fish Identification: Find Species

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

(See list of species below)


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8 species (see list below)
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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Central Pacific
Max. Length 6.4 cm SL
Foa brachygramma (Jenkins, 1903)

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Foa brachygramma
[Weed cardinalfish]

Photo by Rose, J.-L.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
Foa fo Jordan & Seale, 1905

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Foa fo
[Weedy cardinalfish]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 4.7 cm SL
Foa hyalina (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

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Foa hyalina
[Hyaline cardinalfish]

Photo by Williams, J.T.

Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
Foa leisi Fraser & Randall, 2011

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Foa leisi
[]

Photo by Fraser, T.

Indo-Pacific.

Foa madagascariensis Petit, 1931

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Foa madagascariensis
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
Foa nivosa Fraser & Randall, 2011

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Foa nivosa
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
Foa winterbottomi Fraser, 2020

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Foa winterbottomi
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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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