Opisthocentrus
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| Opisthocentrus | |
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| Opisthocentrus ocellatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Opisthocentrinae |
| Genus: | Opisthocentrus Kner, 1868[1] |
| Type species | |
| Centronotus quinquemaculatus a synonym of Opisthocentrus ocellatus Kner, 1868[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Opisthocentrus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.
Opisthocentrus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1868 by the Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner when he described its type species Centronotus quinquemaculatus[1] from "Pinang", although this was probably De Kastri Bay on the Tatar Strait in the northern Sea of Japan.[2] C. quinqumaculatus has since been considered to be a junior synonym of Ophidium ocellatus which had been described by Tilesius in 1811.[1] The genus is placed in the subfamily Opisthocentrinae within the family Stichaeidae by some authorities,[3] while others treat the subfamily as a valid family, the Ophistocentridae.[1]
Species
Opisthocentrus contains the following species:[4]
- Opisthocentrus ocellatus (Tilesius, 1811)
- Opisthocentrus tenuis T.H. Bean & B.A. Bean, 1897
- Opisthocentrus zonope Jordan & Snyder, 1902