Ogilbia

Ogilbia
Temporal range: Thanetian to Present[1]
Ogilbia sabaji
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Family:Bythitidae
Tribe:Dinematichthyini
Genus:Ogilbia
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Type species
Ogilbia cayorum
Evermann & Kendall 1898[2]

Ogilbia is a genus of viviparous brotulas. The generic name honours the Australian naturalist James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925), for his contribution to the knowledge of the fishes of Australia.[3]

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[4]

  • Ogilbia boehlkei Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Boehlke's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia boydwalkeri Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Walker's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia cayorum Evermann & Kendall, 1898 (Key brotula)
  • Ogilbia cocoensis Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Coco coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia davidsmithi Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Smith's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia deroyi (Poll & Van Mol, 1966) (Deroy's cusk-eel)
  • Ogilbia galapagosensis (Poll & LeLeup, 1965) (Galapagos cusk-eel)
  • Ogilbia jeffwilliamsi Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Williams' coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia jewettae Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Jewett's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia mccoskeri Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (McCosker's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia nigromarginata Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Dark-finned coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia nudiceps Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Naked-headed coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia robertsoni Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Robertson's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia sabaji Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Sabaji's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia sedorae Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Sedor's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia suarezae Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Suarez' coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia tyleri Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 (Tyler's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbia ventralis (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Gulf cusk-eel)

References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Ogilbia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2017). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE, DINEMATICHTHYIDAE and PARABROTULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Ogilbia in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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