Species under Owstonia
n= 37
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Owstonia ainonaka
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Southwest Pacific 21.3
Owstonia aurora
Liao, Reyes & Shao, 2022
Aurora’s bandfish Western Pacific 7.49
Owstonia contodon
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 30.3
Owstonia crassa
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 19
Owstonia dispar
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 8.2
Owstonia dorypterus
(Fowler, 1934)
Western Central Pacific 6.5
Owstonia elongata
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 11.7
Owstonia fallax
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 11
Owstonia geminata
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 7.9
Owstonia grammodon
(Fowler, 1934)
Western Pacific 12.7
Owstonia hastata
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 13.3
Owstonia hawaiiensis
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Eastern Pacific
Owstonia ignota
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Central Pacific 11.8
Owstonia japonica
Kamohara, 1935
Northwestern Pacific 17.4
Owstonia kamoharai
Endo, Liao & Matsuura, 2015
Kamohara’s Bandfish Indo-West Pacific 39.6
Owstonia lepiota
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Indian Ocean 5.8
Owstonia maccullochi
Whitley, 1934
McCulloch's bandfish Western Pacific 21.4
Owstonia macrophthalma
(Fourmanoir, 1985)
Western Central Pacific 6.7
Owstonia melanoptera
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 11.6
Owstonia merensis
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 5.7
Owstonia mundyi
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Easterm Central Pacific
Owstonia nalani
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 5.4
Owstonia nigromarginata
(Fourmanoir, 1985)
Western Central Pacific 6.8
Owstonia nudibucca
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Eastern Indian Ocean 34.2
Owstonia psilos
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Eastern Indian Ocean 18
Owstonia raredonae
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Indian Ocean 9.7
Owstonia rhamma
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Pacific 10.2
Owstonia sarmiento
Liao, Reyes & Shao, 2009
Western Pacific 6.3
Owstonia scottensis
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Eastern Indian Ocean 11
Owstonia sibogae
(Weber, 1913)
Indo-West Pacific 9.8
Owstonia similis
Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Western Indian Ocean 8.9
Owstonia simotera
(Smith, 1968)
Western Indian Ocean 29.8
Owstonia taeniosoma
(Kamohara, 1935)
Indo-West Pacific 25
Owstonia tosaensis
Kamohara, 1934
Indo-West Pacific 40
Owstonia totomiensis
Tanaka, 1908
Short-tail bandfish Northwest Pacific 50
Owstonia weberi
(Gilchrist, 1922)
Western Indian Ocean 52
Owstonia whiteheadi
(Talwar, 1973)
Indian bandfish Indian Ocean 25.5
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