Ogilbichthys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Tribe: | Dinematichthyini |
Genus: | Ogilbichthys Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2004 |
Type species | |
Ogilbichthys longimanus Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen 2004[1]
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Ogilbichthys is a genus of viviparous brotulas found in the central-western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The generic name refers to the resemblance of these fish to those in the genus Ogilbia, a name honours the Australian naturalist James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925), combined with ichthys which means "fish" in Greek.[2]