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Genus of fishes
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:
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Ostichthys acanthorhinus
J. E. Randall,
Shimizu &
Yamakawa, 1982 (spiny-snout soldierfish)
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Ostichthys archiepiscopus (
Valenciennes, 1862) (straight-head soldierfish)
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Ostichthys brachygnathus
J. E. Randall &
R. F. Myers, 1993 (short-jaw soldierfish)
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Ostichthys convexus
D. W. Greenfield, J. E. Randall &
Psomadakis, 2017 (round-head soldierfish)
[2]
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Ostichthys daniela D. W. Greenfield, J. E. Randall & Psomadakis, 2017 (Daniela's soldierfish)
[2]
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Ostichthys delta J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (red-coat soldierfish)
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Ostichthys hypsipterygion J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (high-fin soldierfish)
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Ostichthys hypsufensis
Golani, 1984 (Red Sea soldierfish)
[2]
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Ostichthys japonicus (
G. Cuvier, 1829) (Japanese soldierfish)
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Ostichthys kaianus (
Günther, 1880) (deep-water soldierfish)
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Ostichthys kinchi
R. Fricke, 2017 (New Ireland soldierfish)
[3]
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Ostichthys ovaloculus J. E. Randall &
Wrobel, 1988 (oval-eye soldierfish)
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Ostichthys sandix J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (vermilion soldierfish)
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Ostichthys sheni
J. P. Chen,
K. T. Shao &
H. K. Mok, 1990 (Shen's soldierfish)
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Ostichthys spiniger Fricke, 2017 (western pacific spinysnout soldierfish)
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Ostichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859) (big-eye soldierfish)
References
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^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017).
Species of Ostichthys in
FishBase. February 2017 version.
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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.
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^ 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.