Ophiocara
Genus of fishes
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Ophiocara is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae native to tropical waters of Indo-Pacific.
| Ophiocara | |
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| 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 gigas Kobayashi and Sato, 2023
- Ophiocara macrolepidota (Bloch, 1792)
- Ophiocara macrostoma Kobayashi and Sato, 2023
- Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (northern mud gudgeon)
- Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes, 1837) (spangled gudgeon, bumblebee, mullet gudgeon)
