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Catalog of Fishes

Genera that contain: Ostichthys [ 2 ] records

Ostichthys Cuvier [G.] (ex Langsdorff) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:174 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Masc. Myripristis japonicus Cuvier 1829. Mentioned in synonymy of Myripristis, with species O. aureus in synonymy of Myripristis japonicus. Treated as a valid subgenus by Jordan & Evermann 1896:846 [ref. 2443] and therefore dates to 1829 (Art. 11.6) with authorship as Cuvier (Art. 50.7) (see Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]); type by subsequent designation of Jordan & Evermann. •Treated as valid by current workers, but with Jordan & Evermann as authors -- (e.g., Kotlyar 1996:89 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:209 [ref. 24674]). •Synonym of Plectroplops and Myripristus (Dornburg et al. 2012:733 [ref. 32550]). •Valid as Ostichthys Cuvier 1829 -- (Randall & Greenfield 1999:2226 [ref. 24790] with authorship unspecified, Allen et al. 2006:780 [ref. 29066], Satapoomin 2009:52 [ref. 30463], Kotlyar 2017:38 [ref. 35137], Fricke 2017:62 [ref. 35313], Motomura et al. 2017:58 [ref. 35490], Fricke 2017:[2] [ref. 35637], Golani & Fricke 2018:45 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35840], Fricke et al. 2019:84 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Ostichthys Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae.

Ostichthys (subgenus of Myripristis) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] (ex Langsdorff) 1896:846 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2443] Masc. Myripristis japonicus Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation. Appeared first as "Langsdorff" (manuscript name) in synonymy in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:174 and dates to Cuvier (ex Langsdorff) 1829 and not Jordan & Evermann. •Incorrectly valid as Ostichthys Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Randall et al. 1982 [ref. 3602], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:425 [ref. 5707], Randall & Wrobel 1988 [ref. 12743], Paxton et al. 1989:379 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1990:257 [ref. 16678], Randall & Myers 1993 [ref. 21001], Greenfield 2003:1195 [ref. 27041], Greenfield et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35170] with second author as Everman). Current status: Synonym of Ostichthys Cuvier 1829. Holocentridae: Myripristinae.


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