Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii
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Foa winterbottomi is currently known from the British Indian Ocean Territory and the Maldives, it can be found on Minicoy and other islands in the Lakshadweep Archipelago, India, Lakkadive Sea
The head and body of this cardinalfish are pale brown, fading into whitish ventrally.
Some brown and light bars can be seen on the upper and lower jaw, indistinct dark bands run from the eye to the snout and diagonally backwards from the posterior edge of the eye.
There is a dark area on the cheek.
The body has dark shading concentrated around the edges of the scales, forming a network of darker spots, without bars or individual dark spots.
The first two dorsal fin membranes have a brownish reticulation, the following membranes are dark.
The second dorsal fin, the caudal fin and the anal fin are mostly clear with alternating brown and light bands, mainly along the rays.
Both pectoral fins are translucent.
Etymology:
The species name "winterbottomi" was named after Richard Winterbottom, who has collected and photographed many apogonid species and is one of the authors of extensive checklists of fishes from the Chagos Archipelago.
The head and body of this cardinalfish are pale brown, fading into whitish ventrally.
Some brown and light bars can be seen on the upper and lower jaw, indistinct dark bands run from the eye to the snout and diagonally backwards from the posterior edge of the eye.
There is a dark area on the cheek.
The body has dark shading concentrated around the edges of the scales, forming a network of darker spots, without bars or individual dark spots.
The first two dorsal fin membranes have a brownish reticulation, the following membranes are dark.
The second dorsal fin, the caudal fin and the anal fin are mostly clear with alternating brown and light bands, mainly along the rays.
Both pectoral fins are translucent.
Etymology:
The species name "winterbottomi" was named after Richard Winterbottom, who has collected and photographed many apogonid species and is one of the authors of extensive checklists of fishes from the Chagos Archipelago.
