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Owstonia melanoptera Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality of Owstonia melanoptera, Albay Gulf (Ref. 119093).
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Main Ref: Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and G.D. Johnson, 2016
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Cepolidae (Bandfishes) > Owstoniinae
Etymology: Owstonia: Named for Alan Owston (1853‒1915), an amateur naturalist, yachtsman and collector of Asian wildlife, notably fishes from Japan and China.;  melanoptera: Name from Greek 'melanos' for black and 'pteron' meaning wing or fin, referring to the large black blotch on the dorsal fin of the adult holotype; noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 363 - 385 m (Ref. 119093).   Tropical

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