Ophiocara

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Ophiocara
Eleotris ophiocephalus Ford 67.jpg
Ophiocara porocephala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Butidae
Genus: Ophiocara
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Eleotris ophicephalus
Valenciennes, 1837

Ophiocara is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae native to tropical waters of Indo-Pacific.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are: [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Ophiocara in FishBase . April 2013 version.