Ostichthys
| Ostichthys | |
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| Ostichthys trachypoma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | |
| Order: | Beryciformes
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| Family: | |
| Genus: | Ostichthys G. Cuvier, 1829
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| Type species | |
| Myripristis japonicus G. Cuvier, 1829
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Ostichthys is a genus of fish in the family Holocentridae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species[]
Fifteen species in this genus are recognized:
- J. E. Randall, & , 1982 (spiny-snout soldierfish)
- Ostichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862) (straight-head soldierfish)
- J. E. Randall & , 1993 (short-jaw soldierfish)
- , J. E. Randall & , 2017 (round-head soldierfish) [2]
- D. W. Greenfield, J. E. Randall & Psomadakis, 2017 (Daniela's soldierfish) [2]
- J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (red-coat soldierfish)
- J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (high-fin soldierfish)
- Golani, 1984 (Red Sea soldierfish) [2]
- Ostichthys japonicus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Japanese soldierfish)
- (Günther, 1880) (deep-water soldierfish)
- R. Fricke, 2017 (New Ireland soldierfish) [3]
- J. E. Randall & , 1988 (oval-eye soldierfish)
- J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (vermilion soldierfish)
- , & , 1990 (Shen's soldierfish)
- Fricke, 2017 (western pacific spinysnout soldierfish)
- Ostichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859) (big-eye soldierfish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Ostichthys in FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ^ a b c 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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