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Class: Teleostei
Order: Eupercaria/misc
Family: Cepolidae Bandfishes
Subfamily: Owstoniinae
Genus: Owstonia

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Owstonia ainonaka Southwest Pacific 21.3 DL 2016
Owstonia aurora Aurora’s bandfish Western Pacific 8.8 SL 2022
Owstonia contodon Western Pacific 30.3 SL 2016
Owstonia crassa Western Pacific 19 SL 2016
Owstonia dispar Western Pacific 8.2 SL 2016
Owstonia dorypterus Western Central Pacific 6.5 SL 1934
Owstonia elongata Western Pacific 11.7 SL 2016
Owstonia fallax Western Pacific 11 SL 2016
Owstonia geminata Western Pacific 7.9 SL 2016
Owstonia grammodon Western Pacific 12.7 SL 1934
Owstonia hastata Western Pacific 13.3 SL 2016
Owstonia hawaiiensis Eastern Pacific 12.4 SL 2016
Owstonia ignota Western Central Pacific 11.8 SL 2016
Owstonia japonica Northwestern Pacific 17.4 SL 1935
Owstonia kamoharai Kamohara’s Bandfish Indo-West Pacific 40.2 SL 2015
Owstonia lepiota Western Indian Ocean 5.8 SL 2016
Owstonia maccullochi McCulloch's bandfish Western Pacific 21.4 SL 1934
Owstonia macrophthalma Western Central Pacific 6.7 SL 1985
Owstonia melanoptera Western Pacific 11.6 SL 2016
Owstonia merensis Western Pacific 5.7 SL 2016
Owstonia mundyi Easterm Central Pacific 12.8 SL 2016
Owstonia nalani Western Pacific 5.4 SL 2016
Owstonia nigromarginata Western Central Pacific 6.8 SL 1985
Owstonia nudibucca Eastern Indian Ocean 34.2 SL 2016
Owstonia psilos Eastern Indian Ocean 18 SL 2016
Owstonia raredonae Western Indian Ocean 9.7 SL 2016
Owstonia rhamma Western Pacific 10.2 SL 2016
Owstonia sarmiento Western Pacific 6.3 SL 2009
Owstonia scottensis Eastern Indian Ocean 11 SL 2016
Owstonia sibogae Indo-West Pacific 9.8 SL 1913
Owstonia similis Western Indian Ocean 8.9 SL 2016
Owstonia simotera Western Indian Ocean 29.8 SL 1968
Owstonia taeniosoma Indo-West Pacific 25 SL 1935
Owstonia tosaensis Indo-West Pacific 40 TL 1934
Owstonia totomiensis Short-tail bandfish Northwest Pacific 50 TL 1908
Owstonia weberi Western Indian Ocean 52 TL 1922
Owstonia whiteheadi Indian bandfish Indian Ocean 25.5 SL 1973



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