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Ophiocara

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

Species

ホシマダラハゼ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyEleotridae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations227

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
138
With media
2
Family
Eleotridae
Collections
USNM, LSUMZ, CAS, WAM
Recorded in
Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, Vietnam, Seychelles, Vanuatu

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Eleotridae
Image
Northern mud gudgeon, Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) by P. Bravo.jpg
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Commons category
Ophiocara
taxon name
Ophiocara
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Ophiocara
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Encyclopedic overview

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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: 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)

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