Ostorhinchus

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Ostorhinchus
Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus

Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus

Systematics
Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
Order : Kurterartige (Kurti Formes)
Family : Cardinalfish (Apogonidae)
Subfamily : Apogoninae
Tribe : Ostorhinchini
Genre : Ostorhinchus
Scientific name of the  tribe
Ostorhinchini
Whitley , 1959
Scientific name of the  genus
Ostorhinchus
Lacépède , 1802

Ostorhinchus is a genus of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) that is found in the Red Sea and the tropical Indo-Pacific from the coast of East Africa to Japan, Hawaii , French Polynesia and Easter Island .

features

Ostorhinchus species are small cardinalfish that grow to be 5 to 14 cm long. Your body is more or less slender and covered with comb scales. The sides of the head and body show one or more dark or light vertical stripes. The caudal fin is forked. The premaxillary , lower jaw, vomer and palatine of the fish are covered with one or more rows of slender teeth. The palatine can also be edentulous. The supramaxillary, a bone of the upper jaw, is missing. The ridge of Vorkiemendeckels (Preoperculum) is smooth, cut the edges. The stomach and intestines are blackish.

species

Ostorhinchus cf. cyanosomus

literature

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