Deep-Sea taxon details
Owstonia simotera (Smith, 1968)
1471788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1471788)
accepted
Species
Owstonia simoterus (Smith, 1968) · unaccepted (Misspelling)
Sphenanthias simoterus Smith, 1968 · unaccepted (Superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sphenanthias simoterus Smith, 1968) Smith, J. L. B. (1968). New and interesting fishes from deepish water off Durban, Natal and southern Mozambique. <em>Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban.</em> No. 19: 1-30, Pls. 1-6. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Owstonia simotera (Smith, 1968). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1471788 on 2026-01-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Owstonia simotera (Smith, 1968). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1471788 on 2026-01-18
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(of Sphenanthias simoterus Smith, 1968) Smith, J. L. B. (1968). New and interesting fishes from deepish water off Durban, Natal and southern Mozambique. <em>Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban.</em> No. 19: 1-30, Pls. 1-6. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphenanthias simoterus Smith, 1968)
To FishBase (from synonym Owstonia simoterus (Smith, 1968))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphenanthias simoterus Smith, 1968)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphenanthias simoterus RAD119668-001) (from synonym Sphenanthias simoterus Smith, 1968)
To FishBase (from synonym Owstonia simoterus (Smith, 1968))
To FishBase (from synonym Sphenanthias simoterus Smith, 1968)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphenanthias simoterus RAD119668-001) (from synonym Sphenanthias simoterus Smith, 1968)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
