Ostichthys

Ostichthys is a genus of fish in the family Holocentridae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

==Species== Fifteen species in this genus are recognized: Ostichthys acanthorhinus J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (spiny-snout soldierfish) Ostichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862) (straight-head soldierfish) Ostichthys brachygnathus J. E. Randall & R. F. Myers, 1993 (short-jaw soldierfish) Ostichthys convexus D. W. Greenfield, J. E. Randall & Psomadakis, 2017 (round-head soldierfish) Ostichthys daniela D. W. Greenfield, J. E. Randall & Psomadakis, 2017 (Daniela's soldierfish) Ostichthys delta J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (red-coat soldierfish) Ostichthys hypsipterygion J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (high-fin soldierfish) Ostichthys hypsufensis Golani, 1984 (Red Sea soldierfish) Ostichthys japonicus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Japanese soldierfish) Ostichthys kaianus (Günther, 1880) (deep-water soldierfish) Ostichthys kinchi R. Fricke, 2017 (New Ireland soldierfish) Ostichthys ovaloculus J. E. Randall & Wrobel, 1988 (oval-eye soldierfish) Ostichthys sandix J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (vermilion soldierfish) Ostichthys sheni J. P. Chen, K. T. Shao & H. K. Mok, 1990 (Shen's soldierfish) Ostichthys spiniger Fricke, 2017 (western pacific spinysnout soldierfish) Ostichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859) (big-eye soldierfish)