WoRMS taxon details
Ostichthys kaianus (Günther, 1880)
217934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217934)
accepted
Species
Myripristis guezei Postel, 1962 · unaccepted
Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ostichthys kaianus (Günther, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217934 on 2025-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myripristis guezei Postel, 1962) Postel, E. (1962). Myripristis (Holotrachys) guezei, poisson téléostéen nouveau de l'Île de la Réunion. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 34(2): 158–162. [details]
original description (of Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostichthys kaianus)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis guezei Postel, 1962)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ostichthys kaianus, Ryukyu Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostichthys kaianus FIN029191 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostichthys kaianus FIN029191B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostichthys kaianus)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis guezei Postel, 1962)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ostichthys kaianus, Ryukyu Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Myripristis kaianus Günther, 1880)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostichthys kaianus FIN029191 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostichthys kaianus FIN029191B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
