Biology:Ogilbyina

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Ogilbyina
OgilbyinaQueenslandNOAA.jpg
Ogilbyina queenslandiae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudochrominae
Genus: Ogilbyina
Fowler, 1931[1]
Type species
Dampieria longipinnis as a synonym of Ogilbyina novaehollandiae
Ogilby, 1908[2]
Synonyms

Klunzingerina Fowler, 1931

Ogilbyina is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. The genus name honours the zoologist James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925) of the Queensland Museum.[3]

Species

There are three species in the genus:[4]

References

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