# Fowleria

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Fowleria marmorata.jpg
| image_caption = ''Fowleria marmorata''
| taxon = Fowleria
| authority = [D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Evermann](/source/Barton_Warren_Evermann), 1903
| type_species = ''Apogon auritus''
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1831
}}

'''''Fowleria''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of fishes in the family [Apogonidae](/source/Apogonidae) native to the [Indian](/source/Indian_Ocean) and [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean)s. The name of this genus honors the [American](/source/United_States) [ichthyologist](/source/Ichthyology) [Henry Weed Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler) (1878–1965) of the [Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia](/source/Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Drexel_University), who attended [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), where he was a student of [David Starr Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan)'s.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/apogonidae/ | title = Family APOGONIDAE Günther 1859 (Cardinalfishes) | access-date= 9 March 2026 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 10 February 2026}}</ref>

==Species==
The recognized species in this genus are:<ref>{{Cof genus|Fowleria|access-date=9 March 2026}}</ref>
* ''[Fowleria amblyuroptera](/source/Fowleria_amblyuroptera)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1853)</small>
* ''[Fowleria aurita](/source/Fowleria_aurita)'' <small>([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1831)</small> (crosseyed cardinalfish)
* ''[Fowleria flammea](/source/Fowleria_flammea)'' <small>[G. R. Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 1993</small> 
* ''[Fowleria isostigma](/source/Fowleria_isostigma)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Seale](/source/Alvin_Seale), 1906)</small> (dotted cardinalfish)
* ''[Fowleria marmorata](/source/Fowleria_marmorata)'' <small>([Alleyne](/source/Haynes_Gibbes_Alleyne) & [W. J. Macleay](/source/William_John_Macleay), 1877)</small> (marbled cardinalfish)
* ''[Fowleria polystigma](/source/Fowleria_polystigma)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1854)</small>
* ''[Fowleria vaiulae](/source/Fowleria_vaiulae)'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906)</small> (mottled cardinalfish)
* ''[Fowleria variegata](/source/Fowleria_variegata)'' <small>([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1832)</small> (variegated cardinalfish)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite journal|author=Mabuchi, K.|author2= Fraser, T.H.|author3= Song, H.|author4= Azuma, Y. |author5= Nishida, M. |year=2014|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p203f.pdf |title=Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters|journal=Zootaxa|volume= 3846 |issue=2|pages= 151–203}}
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Category:Apogoninae
Category:Marine fish genera
Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Category:Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann

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