Ophiocara

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Ophiocara

Ophiocara is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae native to tropical waters of Indo-Pacific.

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Ophiocara
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Ophiocara porocephala
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Butidae
Genus: Ophiocara
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Eleotris ophicephalus
Valenciennes, 1837
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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)

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