Biology:Fowleria
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Fowleria is a genus of fishes in the family Apogonidae native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The name of this genus honors the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965) of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, who attended Stanford University, where he was a student of David Starr Jordan's.[1]
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Fowleria amblyuroptera (Bleeker, 1853)
- Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes, 1831) (crosseyed cardinalfish)
- Fowleria flammea G. R. Allen, 1993
- Fowleria isostigma (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (dotted cardinalfish)
- Fowleria marmorata (Alleyne & W. J. Macleay, 1877) (marbled cardinalfish)
- Fowleria polystigma (Bleeker, 1854)
- Fowleria vaiulae (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (mottled cardinalfish)
- Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes, 1832) (variegated cardinalfish)
References
- ↑ "Family APOGONIDAE Günther 1859 (Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 10 February 2026. https://etyfish.org/apogonidae/.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Fowleria". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Fowleria.
- 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. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p203f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q821827 entry
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