Ogilbichthys

Ogilbichthys is a genus of viviparous brotulas found in the central-western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The generic name refers to the resemblance of these fish to those in the genus Ogilbia, a name honours the Australian naturalist James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925), combined with ichthys which means "fish" in Greek.[2]

Ogilbichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Tribe: Dinematichthyini
Genus: Ogilbichthys
Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004
Type species
Ogilbichthys longimanus
Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen 2004[1]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Ogilbichthys ferocis Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 (Ferocious coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbichthys haitiensis Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 (Haiti coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbichthys kakuki Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 (Kakuk's coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbichthys longimanus Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 (Long-finned coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbichthys microphthalmus Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 (Small-eyed coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbichthys puertoricoensis Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 (Puerto Rican coralbrotula)
  • Ogilbichthys tobagoensis Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 (Tobagonian coralbrotula)

References
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ogilbichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2017). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE, DINEMATICHTHYIDAE and PARABROTULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ogilbichthys in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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