Owstonia mundyi Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Owstonia mundyi Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
- Name authority
- Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Cepolidae
- Genus
- Owstonia
- 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
- familyCepolidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusOwstonia Tanaka, 1908
- speciesOwstonia mundyi Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Owstonia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Owstonia sarmiento Liao, Reyes & Shao, 2009 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia totomiensis Tanaka, 1908 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia grammodon (Fowler, 1934) | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia japonica Kamohara, 1935 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia weberi (Gilchrist, 1922) | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia crassa Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia elongata Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia fallax Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia geminata Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia hastata Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia lepiota Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owstonia nalani Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 2016 | CepolidaeChordata | 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.
- Smith-Vaniz, W. F., & Johnson, G. D. (2016). Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa, 4187. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4187.1.1 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:D5BYG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.