Owstonia kamoharai

Familia: Cepolidae
Genus: Owstonia
Species: Owstonia kamoharai

Taxonavigation: Cepoloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Priacanthiformes Superfamilia: Cepoloidea

Name edit

Owstonia kamoharai Endo, Liao & Matsuura, 2015

Holotype: NSMT-P 109686. Paratypes: (5): BSKU 41466, 42457, 74538; FAKU 98751; NSMT-P 114189.

Type locality: Mimase fish market, off Kan-no-ura, Tohyoh Town (northeast of Cape Murotomisaki), Kochi, Shikoku I., Japan, offshore bottom trawl, 200 m depth.

Etymology: Named after the late Dr. Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972) of Kochi University (Okamura 1972), who greatly contributed to the taxonomy of the Cepolidae.

References edit

Primary references edit

Endo, H., Liao, Y.-C. & Matsuura, K. 2015. Owstonia kamoharai (Perciformes: Cepolidae), a new bandfish from Japan. Ichthyological Research 63(1) [2016]: 31–38. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0468-5 Reference page.

Additional references edit

Oxona, K., Aneesh Kumar, K.V., Sileesh, M., Nikki, R., Rajeesh Kumar, M.P., Hashim, M., & Sudhakar, M. 2020 [2019]. New record of Owstonia kamoharai Endo, Liao and Matsuura, 2015 (Perciformes: Cepolidae) from the northeastern Indian Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 33, 100946. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100946

Links edit

Owstonia kamoharai in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 25, 2019.
Owstonia kamoharai in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names edit

English: Kamohara’s Bandfish
日本語: Oh-soko-amadai