Owstonia

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Owstonia
Owstonia sibogae.jpg
Owstonia sibogae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cepolidae
Genus: Owstonia
S. Tanaka (I), 1908
Type species
Owstonia totomiensis
Tanaka, 1908
Synonyms

Parasphenanthias Gilchrist, 1922
Pseudocepola Kamohara, 1935
Sphenanthias Weber, 1913

Owstonia is a genus of fish in the family Cepolidae found in deep-waters of the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species[edit]

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Johnson, G.D. (2016): Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa, 4187 (1): 1–103.
  2. ^ Endo, H., Liao, Y.-C. & Matsuura, K. (2015): Owstonia kamoharai (Perciformes: Cepolidae), a new bandfish from Japan. Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 31-38.