Foa nivosa Foa nivosa

Foa nivosa is commonly referred to as Foa nivosa. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii

Copyright J. E. Randall, Foto: Majuro, Philipinnen

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AphiaID:: 742999

Scientific:: Foa nivosa
German:: Kardinalbarsch
English:: Foa Nivosa

Category:: Cardinali

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Foa (Genus) > nivosa (Species)
Initial determination:: Fraser & Randall, 2011

Occurrence:: Caroline Island, Fiji, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, New Guinea, Palau, Philippines
Size:: up to 1.14" (2.9 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-26 21:43:06
Last edit:: 2016-02-26 21:43:06

Info

Fraser & Randall, 2011

A small cardinalfish having many irregular white spots with reddish margins on a pale yellowish-tan background. The spots are noticeably smaller on the head than on the body.

Foa nivosa was described in 2011 from specimens collected at Palau, the Marshall Islands and Fiji, and specimens were recently identified from the Great Barrier Reef.
Source: Fishes of Australia

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Foa (Genus) > Foa nivosa (Species)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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