Owstonia
| Owstonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cepolidae |
| Genus: | Owstonia S. Tanaka (I), 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Owstonia totomiensis Tanaka, 1908 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Sphenanthias Weber, 1913 | |
Owstonia is a genus of bandfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The genus was named in honor of naturalist Alan Owston who possessed the original specimen of Owstonia totomiensis in his collection.[1]
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Owstonia grammodon (Fowler, 1934)
- Owstonia japonica Kamohara, 1935 [2]
- Owstonia kamoharai Endo, Y. C. Liao & Matsuura, 2015 (Kamohara's bandfish) [2]
- Owstonia macrophthalmus (Fourmanoir, 1985) [2]
- Owstonia nigromarginatus (Fourmanoir, 1985) [2]
- Owstonia pectinifer (G. S. Myers, 1939) (Comb bandfish)
- Owstonia sibogae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) [2]
- Owstonia simoterus (J. L. B. Smith, 1968) [2]
- Owstonia tosaensis Kamohara, 1934 [2]
- Owstonia totomiensis S. Tanaka (I), 1908 (Short-tail bandfish)
- Owstonia whiteheadi (Talwar, 1973) (Indian bandfish) [2]
References
- ↑ Tanaka, S. (1908): Notes on some Japanese fishes, with descriptions of fourteen new species. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, 23 (7): 1-54.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Endo, H., Liao, Y.-C. & Matsuura, K. (2015): Owstonia kamoharai (Perciformes: Cepolidae), a new bandfish from Japan. Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 31-38.
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