Classification / Names
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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; smithvanizi: Name 'smithvanizi' in honor of Dr William (Bill) F. Smith-Vaniz for his great contribution to our knowledge of cepolids and for his generous assistance in our previous paper.
Eponymy: Alan Owston (1853–1915) was an English businessman who was a collector of Asian wildlife, as well as a yachtsman. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138346)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 14; Vertebrae: 28. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: lateral-line of type 3, extending beyond dorsal-fin origin but not forming loop, and no contact with posttemporal; D III, 21; A I, 14; gill rakers on outer face of first arch 15-16 + 29-31 = 45-46; oblique body scale rows 49-50; cheek scale rows ca 4-6; vertebrae 11 + 17 = 28; anal-fin pterygiophores anterior to 1st haemal spine 2; preopercular spines 12-14; head length 27.6-28.3% SL; dorsal-fin base length 60.4-62.4% SL; anal-fin base length 30.7-31.9% SL; eye diameter 11.3-12.9% SL; presence of premaxillary stripe; and distal part of dorsal fin with very faint strip between third spine and second soft ray or entirely pale (138346).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Su, Y. and H.-C. Ho, 2025. A new species of the bandfish genus Owstonia Tanaka, 1908 (Perciformes, Cepolidae) from Taiwan, northwestern Pacific Ocean, with new records and comments on morphological characters of congeners. ZooKeys 1262:61-80. (Ref. 138346)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
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