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Cepolidae (Bandfishes) > Owstoniinae
Etymology: Owstonia: Named for Alan Owston (1853‒1915), an amateur naturalist, yachtsman and collector of Asian wildlife, notably fishes from Japan and China.; similis: Name from Latin 'similis' meaning like, referring to its similarity to other species with a black blotch anteriorly in the dorsal fin (especially to O. melanoptera; an adjective..