- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- CEPOLIDAE
- Owstonia
- tosaensis
Owstonia tosaensis Kamohara 1934

Owstonia tosaensis, from Taiwan, ASIZP 60461, 173 mm SL. Source: Sandra Raredon, Fig 80 in Smith-Vaniz & Johnson (2016) Zootaxa 4187(1). License: CC BY Attribution
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Owstonia tosaensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Mar 2023, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5385
Owstonia tosaensis Kamohara 1934
More Info
Distribution |
North of Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia in 209 m. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. |
Remarks |
This species has previously been misidentified as Sphenanthias sibogae and Owstonia pectinifer. |
Species Citation |
Owstonia tosaensis Kamohara 1934, Dobutsugaku Zasshi (Zoological Magazine Tokyo) 46(459): 301, fig.. Type locality: off Kochi Prefecture, Japan. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
Resources |
Owstonia tosaensis Kamohara 1934
References
Endo, H., Liao, Y.-C. & Matsuura, K. 2015. Owstonia kamoharai (Perciformes: Cepolidae), a new bandfish from Japan. Ichthyological Research 63(1): 31-38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-015-0468-5
Kamohara, T. 1934. Supplementary notes on fishes in Kochi. Dobutsugaku Zasshi (Zoological Magazine Tokyo) 46(459): 299-303
Kamohara, T. 1934. Supplementary notes on fishes in Kochi. Dobutsugaku Zasshi (Zoological Magazine Tokyo) 46(549): 299-303.
Liao, Y.-C., Reyes, R.B., Jr. & Shao, K.-T. 2009. A new bandfish, Owstonia sarmiento (Pisces: Perciformes: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae), from the Philippines with a key to the species of the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57: 521-515. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/1424
Liao, Y.-C., Reyes, R.B., Jr. & Shao, K.-T. 2022. Owstonia aurora (Perciformes: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae), a new bandfish from the Philippines. Zootaxa 5189(1): 122-130. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5189.1.14
Mok, H.-K. 1988. Osteological evidence for the monophyly of Cepolidae and Owstoniidae. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 34(4): 507-508.
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 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4187.1.1