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Deep-Sea name details

Owstonia simoterus (Smith, 1968)

218874  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218874)

 unaccepted (Misspelling)
Species
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] 
Description One known specimen. Inhabits burrows in level bottom substrates.  
Description One known specimen. Inhabits burrows in level bottom substrates. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Owstonia simoterus (Smith, 1968). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218874 on 2025-05-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Owstonia simoterus (Smith, 1968). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218874 on 2025-05-24
Date
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2020-12-17 17:16:01Z
changed

original description (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] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description One known specimen. Inhabits burrows in level bottom substrates. [details]