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Ophiocara Gill, 1863

AphiaID

206417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206417)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Butinae Bleeker, 1874

Direct children (8)

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Species Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophiocara ambinensis (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Butis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1853) (misspelling)
Species Ophiocara aporops (Bleeker, 1854) accepted as Ophiocara aporos (Bleeker, 1854) accepted as Giuris margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1837) (misspelling)
Species Ophiocara aporos (Bleeker, 1854) accepted as Giuris margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophiocara darwiniensis (MacLeay, 1878) accepted as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophiocara limosus (Smith, 1936) accepted as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Ophiocara porocaephala (Valenciennes, 1837) accepted as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (misspelling)
Species Ophiocara procaephala (Valenciennes, 1837) accepted as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ophiocara Gill, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206417 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]