- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- CEPOLIDAE
- Owstonia
- kamoharai
Kamohara’s Bandfish, Owstonia kamoharai Endo, Liao & Matsuura 2015
Owstonia kamoharai, from off Port Hedland, Western Australia, CSIRO H. 2075-01, 407 mm SL . Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A uniformly reddish bandfish becoming whitish below, with black markings on the membranes of both jaws, a white margin on the dorsal, caudal, anal and pelvic fins, and black blotches or spots on the dorsal fin.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Owstonia kamoharai in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5292
Kamohara’s Bandfish, Owstonia kamoharai Endo, Liao & Matsuura 2015
More Info
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Distribution |
SW of Imperieue Reef, Western Australia, to north of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory. in depths of 200-410 m. The species also occurs in Japan. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin III, 21; Anal fin I, 14; Pectoral fin 21–23; Caudal-fin rays total) 17 (branched 13); Gill rakers on first arch (total) 39–40; Vertebrae 11 + 17–18 = 28–29; Cheek with 88–123 scales in 8–10 rows; Scales in longitudinal rows 53–56. Lateral lines not forming loop in front of dorsal fin nor divided anteriorly, ending below 8th–10th dorsal-fin soft rays; lower margin of preopercle smooth; pelvic fin short, not reaching to anus; posterior margin of caudal fin rounded (Endo et al. 2015). |
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Etymology |
Named after the late Dr. Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972) of Kochi University, who greatly contributed to the taxonomy of the Cepolidae. |
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Species Citation |
Owstonia kamoharai Endo, Liao & Matsuura 2015, Ichthyol. Res. 63(1): 2, Figs. 2a-d, 3. Type locality: Mimase fish market, off Kan-no-ura, Tohyoh Town, Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan, depth 200 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
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Resources |
Kamohara’s Bandfish, Owstonia kamoharai Endo, Liao & Matsuura 2015
References
Endo, H., Liao, Y.-C. & Matsuura, K. 2015. Owstonia kamoharai (Perciformes: Cepolidae), a new bandfish from Japan. Ichthyological Research 63(1): 31-38. PDF Open access
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. PDF Open access
