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Ostichthys  Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
Taxonomic Serial No.: 166239

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderBeryciformes   
                               SuborderHolocentroidei   
                                  FamilyHolocentridae  – soldierfishes, squirrelfishes, candiles, marignans  
                                     SubfamilyMyripristinae   
                                        GenusOstichthys Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu and Yamakawa, 1982  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862)  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys brachygnathus Randall and Myers, 1993  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys delta Randall, Shimizu and Yamakawa, 1982  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys hypsipterygion Randall, Shimizu and Yamakawa, 1982  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys japonicus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829)  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys kaianus (Günther, 1880)  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys ovaloculus Randall and Wrobel, 1988  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys sandix Randall, Shimizu and Yamakawa, 1982  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys sheni Chen, Shao and Mok, 1990  
                                           SpeciesOstichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859) – bigeye soldierfish, candil de lo alto 
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Ostichthys   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ostichthys   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.   
  Publication Date: 1990   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
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  Reference for: Ostichthys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Greenfield, David W. / Carpenter, Kent E., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Holocentridae: Squirrelfishes (soldierfishes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication, no. 5: The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic, vol. 2: Bony fishes, part 1 (Acipenseridae to ...)   
  Page(s): 1192-1202   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-104826-6, 1020-6868  
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  Reference for: Ostichthys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Ostichthys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Randall, John E., and David W. Greenfield / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Holocentridae: Squirrelfishes (soldierfishes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 4: Bony fishes, part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae)   
  Page(s): 2225-2256   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-104301-9, 1020-6868  
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