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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Cepolidae (Bandfishes) > Owstoniinae
Etymology: Owstonia: Named for Alan Owston (1853‒1915), an amateur naturalist, yachtsman and collector of Asian wildlife, notably fishes from Japan and China.; contodon: Name is a combination of the Greek 'kontos' for short and 'odon' for tooth, referring to the peg-like symphyseal dentary teeth..

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Marine; demersal; depth range 205 - 214 m (Ref. 119093). Tropical

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Western Pacific: the Philippines.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119093)

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Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21-23; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 16; Vertebrae: 29. This species is distinguished by the following characters: LL pattern type 1; D IV,21-23; A II,16; oblique body scale rows in mid-lateral series 47-53; preopercle lower limb margin with about 8-11 spines; dark premaxillary stripe (119093).

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Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and G.D. Johnson, 2016. Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa 4187(1):1-103. (Ref. 119093)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Owstonia contodon Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016