Ostichthys
Ostichthys | |
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Ostichthys trachypoma | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beryciformes |
Family: | Holocentridae |
Genus: | Ostichthys G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Type species | |
Myripristis japonicus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Ostichthys is a genus of fish in the family Holocentridae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
- Ostichthys acanthorhinus J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (Spiny-snout soldierfish)
- Ostichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862) (Straight-head soldierfish)
- Ostichthys brachygnathus J. E. Randall & R. F. Myers, 1993 (Short-jaw soldierfish)
- Ostichthys convexus D. W. Greenfield, J. E. Randall & Psomadakis, 2017 (Round-head soldierfish) [2]
- Ostichthys daniela D. W. Greenfield, J. E. Randall & Psomadakis, 2017 (Daniela's soldierfish) [2]
- Ostichthys delta J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (Red-coat soldierfish)
- Ostichthys hypsipterygion J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (High-fin soldierfish)
- Ostichthys japonicus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Japanese soldierfish)
- Ostichthys kaianus (Günther, 1880) (Deep-water soldierfish)
- Ostichthys kinchi R. Fricke, 2017 (New Ireland soldierfish) [3]
- Ostichthys ovaloculus J. E. Randall & Wrobel, 1988 (Oval-eye soldierfish)
- Ostichthys sandix J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (Vermilion soldierfish)
- Ostichthys sheni J. P. Chen, K. T. Shao & H. K. Mok, 1990 (Shen's soldierfish)
- Ostichthys sufensis Golani, 1984 (Red Sea soldierfish) [2]
- Ostichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859) (Big-eye soldierfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). Species of Ostichthys in FishBase. February 2017 version.
- 1 2 3 Greenfield, D.W., Randall, J.E. & Psomadakis, P.N. (2017): A review of the soldierfish genus Ostichthys (Beryciformes: Holocentridae), with descriptions of two new species from Myanmar. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 26: 1–33.
- ↑ Fricke, R. (2017): Ostichthys kinchi, a new species of soldierfish from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). FishTaxa, 2 (2): 62-70.
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