Weed cardinalfish
Foa brachygramma
- Usual depth1–17 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Foa is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae, the cardinalfishes, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Foa (fish)”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–17 m · Deepest record: 22 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Weed cardinalfish, Bay Cardinalfish, Common Cardinal, Estuarine Cardinal, Foa, Harbour Cardinalfish, weed cardinalfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- タイワンマトイシモチ
- Simplified Chinese
- 短線小天竺鯛, 短線齶竺魚
Other scientific names: Apogon brachygramma, Apogon brachygrammus, Apogonichthys brachygrammus, Apogonichthys zuluensis, Fowleria brachygrammus
Similar species
- Hyaline Cardinalfish
Foa hyalina
- Pearly-finned Cardinalfish
Jaydia poeciloptera
Cryptic CardinalfishApogon erythrinus
Timor CardinalApogonichthyoides timorensis
Obliquebanded cardinalfishApogon semiornatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 164 open-data records from 1903 to 2023.
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