Ostichthys

Ostichthys is a genus of fish in the family Holocentridae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[1]

Ostichthys
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

Species

Fifteen species in this genus are recognized:

  • 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
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Ostichthys in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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