Foa Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] in Jordan & Seale 1905:779 Fem. Fowleria brachygrammus Jenkins 1903. Type by subsequent designation; technically two included species. Appeared first in Jordan & Seale (3 July 1905) with description of Foa fo; figure labelled Foa brachygramma (Jenkins) not Foa fo; type not by monotypy. Then in Jordan & Evermann (29 July 1905:210 [ref. 2451]) with F. brachygramma as type [Foa fo not mentioned]. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 29 July (style of type in parentheses). •Valid as Foa Jordan & Evermann 1905 -- (Fraser 1972:10 [ref. 5195], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:144 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:556 [ref. 5657], Paxton et al. 1989:553 [ref. 12442], Fraser & Struhsaker 1991:721 [ref. 19768], Allen 1999:2604 [ref. 24812], Khalaf & Krupp 2003:56 [ref. 31543], Allen et al. 2006:1101 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:52 [ref. 31255], Fraser & Randall 2011:3 [ref. 31459], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426], Fraser 2014:289 [ref. 33453], Fraser 2014:167 [ref. 33548], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429] tribe Apogonichthyini, Fricke et al. 2018:167 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:132 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:8 [ref. 36965], Fraser 2020:18 [ref. 37581]). Current status: Valid as Foa Jordan & Evermann 1905. Apogonidae: Apogoninae.