Ostichthys

Ostichthys
Japanese Soldierfish (O. japonicus)
Bigeye Soldierfish (O. trachypoma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Holocentridae
Genus:	Ostichthys G. Cuvier, 1829

Ostichthys is a genus of soldierfishes.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Ostichthys acanthorhinus J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 (Spinesnout squirrelfish)
• Ostichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862) (Longsnout soldier, or straighthead soldierfish)
• Ostichthys brachygnathus J. E. Randall & R. F. Myers, 1993
• Ostichthys delta J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
• Ostichthys hypsipterygion J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
• Ostichthys japonicus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Japanese soldierfish)
• Ostichthys kaianus (Günther, 1880) (Kai soldierfish)
• Ostichthys ovaloculus J. E. Randall & Wrobel, 1988
• Ostichthys sandix J. E. Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
• Ostichthys sheni J. P. Chen, K. T. Shao & H. K. Mok, 1990
• Ostichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859) (Bigeye soldierfish)

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