Ophiocara
Ophiocara is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae native to tropical waters of Indo-Pacific.
| Ophiocara | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ophiocara porocephala | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Butidae |
| Genus: | Ophiocara T. N. Gill, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837 | |
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Ophiocara macrolepidota (Bloch, 1792)
- Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (northern mud gudgeon)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Ophiocara in FishBase. April 2013 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.