Lanceolate-tailed Bandfish, Owstonia hastata Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 2016
Other Names: Lanceolate-tail-fin Bandfish
Holotype of the Lanceolate-tailed Bandfish, Owstonia hastata, from E. of Dunk Island, Queensland, depth 260 m, NTM S.11779?002, 124 mm SL. Source: Sandra E. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
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Bray, D.J. 2025, Owstonia hastata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Jun 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5291
Lanceolate-tailed Bandfish, Owstonia hastata Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 2016
More Info
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Distribution |
East of Dunk Island, Queensland, depth 222-260 m. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin IV, 22; Anal fin II, 14; Pectoral fin 19-20; gill rakers 16 + 29-30 = 45-46; Vertebrae - precaudal 13, caudal 17, total 30; Anal-fin pterygiophores anterior to 1st haemal spine 5; Oblique scale rows in mid-lateral series ~38; Cheek scale rows 3-4. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin hastatus (= spear-shaped), in reference to the lanceolate caudal fin. |
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Species Citation |
Owstonia hastata Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 2016, Zootaxa 4187(1): 59, fig. 31. Type locality: Queensland, east of Dunk Island, Australia, 18°0'S, 147°4'E, depth 260 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Resources |
Lanceolate-tailed Bandfish, Owstonia hastata Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 2016
References
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Johnson, G.D. 2016. Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa 4187(1): 1–103
