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Ogilbyina
Sign in to saveOgilbyina is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. The genus name honours the zoologist James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925) of the Queensland Museum.
Species
Multicolour Dottyback
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPseudochromidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Collections
- USNM, AM, CAS, ANSP, MNHN
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie
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- Parent taxon
- Pseudochrominae
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- Queensland dottyback (Ogilbyina queenslandiae).jpg
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Ogilbyina is a genus of ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Pseudochrominae, which is one of four subfamilies in the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. The genus name honours the zoologist James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925) of the Queensland Museum.
==Species== There are three species in the genus: Ogilbyina novaehollandiae (Steindachner, 1879) (Multicolour dottyback) Ogilbyina queenslandiae (Saville-Kent, 1893) (Queensland dottyback) Ogilbyina salvati (Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966)
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