oxeye oreo
Allocyttus folletti Myers, 1960
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Allocyttus folletti, the oxeye oreo, is a species of oreo in the family Oreosomatidae, found in the northern Pacific Ocean, from Japan to the Bering Sea and around to southern-central California.
Wikipedia contributors, Allocyttus folletti; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:53:33.931528+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Allocyttus folletti Myers, 1960
- Name authority
- Myers, 1960
- Common name
- oxeye oreo
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Zeiformes
- Family
- Oreosomatidae
- Genus
- Allocyttus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderZeiformes
- familyOreosomatidae Bleeker, 1859
- subfamilyOreosomatinae Bleeker, 1859
- genusAllocyttus McCulloch, 1914
- speciesAllocyttus folletti Myers, 1960
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Allocyttus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| warty oreoAllocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist, 1906) | OreosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Myers, G. S. (1960). A new Zeomorph fish of the family Oreosomatidae from the coast of California, with notes on the family. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin, 7 (4): 89–98. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:BW24. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.