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Owstonia aurora Liao, Reyes & Shao, 2022

Aurora’s bandfish
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Common names: Aurora’s bandfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Owstonia aurora, Aurora, off east Luzon. Collected during the Aurora Expedition in 2007, under the flag of the Census of Marine Life, Census of Philippines Deep-Sea Biodiversity (Ref. 127466).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Liao, Y.-C., R.B. Reyes Jr. and K.-T. Shao, 2022
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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.;  aurora: Named for the 'Aurora 2007' Philippine Expedition, a project under the Census of Philippine Deep-Sea Biodiversity..

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 342 - 358 m (Ref. 127466).   Tropical

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