The genus Ophiocara (Teleostei: Butidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species

• Published in: Ichthyological research Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 119 - 153
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Hirozumi, Sato, Mao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.01.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal morphology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Archipelagoes; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Body length; color; Colour; Congeners; Dimorphism; Ecology; Fins; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; head; Jaw; Juveniles; Life Sciences; Maxilla; mitochondria; New species; Operculum; Ophiocara; Physical characteristics; Ryukyu Archipelago; salinity; Sexual dimorphism; Silver; Taxonomic revision; Zoology; Japan; Taxonomy; Mangrove; Phylogeny

A taxonomic review of the genus Ophiocara Gill 1863 in Japan resulted in a revised diagnosis for Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1837) and descriptions of two new species, Ophiocara gigas and Ophiocara macrostoma , from the Ryukyu Archipelago. The three species are ge...