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Owstonia
Owstonia is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cepolidae, the bandfishes. It is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Owstoninae. They are found in deep waters of the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 37 known species
Owstonia taeniosoma
speciesOwstonia taeniosoma
Owstonia tosaensis
speciesOwstonia tosaensis
Short-tail Bandfish
speciesOwstonia totomiensis
McCulloch's Bandfish
speciesOwstonia maccullochi
Owstonia grammodon
speciesOwstonia grammodon
Owstonia sarmiento
speciesOwstonia sarmiento
Owstonia weberi
speciesOwstonia weberi
Owstonia ainonaka
speciesOwstonia ainonaka
Owstonia crassa
speciesOwstonia crassa
Owstonia dispar
speciesOwstonia dispar
Owstonia elongata
speciesOwstonia elongata
Owstonia fallax
speciesOwstonia fallax
Owstonia geminata
speciesOwstonia geminata
Owstonia hastata
speciesOwstonia hastata
Owstonia hawaiiensis
speciesOwstonia hawaiiensis
Owstonia ignota
speciesOwstonia ignota
Owstonia japonica
speciesOwstonia japonica
Owstonia kamoharai
speciesOwstonia kamoharai
Owstonia lepiota
speciesOwstonia lepiota
Mer bandfish
speciesOwstonia merensis
Owstonia mundyi
speciesOwstonia mundyi
Nalani's bandfish
speciesOwstonia nalani
Smooth-cheek Bandfish
speciesOwstonia nudibucca
Naked Bandfish
speciesOwstonia psilos
Raredon's Bandfish
speciesOwstonia raredonae
Seamed Bandfish
speciesOwstonia rhamma
Owstonia scottensis
speciesOwstonia scottensis
Comb Bandfish
speciesOwstonia sibogae
Owstonia similis
speciesOwstonia similis
Owstonia simotera
speciesOwstonia simotera
Owstonia whiteheadi
speciesOwstonia whiteheadi
Owstonia aurora
speciesOwstonia aurora
Owstonia dorypterus
speciesOwstonia dorypterus
Owstonia contodon
speciesOwstonia contodon
Owstonia macrophthalma
speciesOwstonia macrophthalma
Owstonia melanoptera
speciesOwstonia melanoptera
Owstonia nigromarginata
speciesOwstonia nigromarginata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90560.