Ogilbyina
Ogilbyina is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. The genus name honours the zoologist James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925) of the Queensland Museum.[3]
| Ogilbyina | |
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| Ogilbyina queenslandiae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudochrominae |
| Genus: | Ogilbyina Fowler, 1931[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dampieria longipinnis as a synonym of Ogilbyina novaehollandiae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Klunzingerina Fowler, 1931 | |
Species
There are three species in the genus:[4]
- Ogilbyina novaehollandiae (Steindachner, 1879) (Multicolour dottyback)
- Ogilbyina queenslandiae (Saville-Kent, 1893) (Queensland dottyback)
- Ogilbyina salvati (Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966)
References
- Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Ogilbyina Fowler, 1931". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Ogilbyina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (30 April 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Ogilbyina in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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