Biology:Ophiocara

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Ophiocara
Eleotris ophiocephalus Ford 67.jpg
Ophiocara porocephala
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Butidae
Genus: Ophiocara
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Eleotris ophicephalus
Valenciennes, 1837

Ophiocara is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae native to tropical waters of Indo-Pacific.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Ophiocara gigas Kobayashi and Sato, 2023
  • Ophiocara macrolepidota (Bloch, 1792)
  • Ophiocara macrostoma Kobayashi and Sato, 2023
  • Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (northern mud gudgeon)
  • Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes, 1837) (spangled gudgeon, bumblebee, mullet gudgeon)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Ophiocara in FishBase. April 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2255760 entry