Ogilbyina Explained

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.^[1]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE . 21 October 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 30 April 2018.