WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Foa Jordan & Evermann, 1905

AphiaID

206869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206869)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Apogoninae Günther, 1859

Direct children (13)

Ordering

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Species Foa brachygramma (Jenkins, 1903)
Species Foa fo Jordan & Seale, 1905
Species Foa hyalina (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Species Foa leisi Fraser & Randall, 2011
Species Foa longimana Weber, 1909
Species Foa madagascariensis Petit, 1931
Species Foa nivosa Fraser & Randall, 2011
Species Foa winterbottomi Fraser, 2020
Species Foa yamba Fraser, 2014
Species Foa abocellata (Goren & Karplus, 1980) accepted as Fowleria vaiulae (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Species Foa albimaculosa (Kailola, 1976) accepted as Ozichthys albimaculosus (Kailola, 1976) (Superseded new combination)
Species Foa fistulosa Weber, 1909 accepted as Siphamia fistulosa (Weber, 1909)
Species Foa vaiulae Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Fowleria vaiulae (Jordan & Seale, 1906)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Foa Jordan & Evermann, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206869 on 2026-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-07-08 08:51:41Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Smith, J.L.B. (1961). Fishes of the family Apogonidae of the Western Indian Ocean and the Seychelles. Ichthyological Bulletin 22. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]