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Etymology: Owstonia: Named for Alan Owston (1853‒1915), an amateur naturalist, yachtsman and collector of Asian wildlife, notably fishes from Japan and China; maccullochi: Named for Allen R. McCulloch (1885-1925); an Australian ichthyologist.
Eponymy: Alan Owston (1853–1915) was an English businessman who was a collector of Asian wildlife, as well as a yachtsman. [...] Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925) was a noted Australian ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Whitley.
Issue
Junior synonym of Owstonia totomiensis Whitley 1934 in Ref. 82235:522.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 220 - 348 m (Ref. 119093). Deep-water; 18°S - 34°S, 140°E - 155°E (Ref. 119093)
Distribution
Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Western Pacific: Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119093)
Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and G.D. Johnson, 2016. Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa 4187(1):1-103. (Ref. 119093)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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