Species Foa nivosa Fraser & Randall, 2011
- Foa nivosa 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 [20, figs 9, 11-15].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 39658, Majuro Atoll, lagoon off Uliga, Marshall Islands [7°06'27.4" N, 171°22'07"E].
Paratype(s) BPBM 39703, Kwajalein Atoll, Bigej-Meck reef, Marshall Islands; BPBM 28761, Kwajalein Atoll, Bigej-Meck reef, Marshall Islands [8°58'N, 167°44'E]; BPBM 40434, Majuro Atoll, lagoon side, Marshall Islands; BPBM 41055, Majuro Atoll, lagoon off Uliga, Marshall Islands; CAS 83093, Ngeruketabel Island, Palau; USNM 245649, Viti Levu, Naqara (Nangara) Passage, Fiji [18°11'15"S, 178°17'E].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Black Rock Entrance (12º 14.7’S) to Swain Reefs area (21º 15.9’S) QLD; Australian distribution based on specimens in QM and CSIRO; tropical, west-central Pacific
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, soft bottom.
General 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 [196]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Feb-2013 | ADDED |