Ophiocara

Ophiocara
Ophiocara porocephala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Butidae
Genus:	Ophiocara T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Eleotris ophicephalus Valenciennes, 1837

Ophiocara is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae native to tropical waters of Indo-Pacific.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

• Ophiocara gigas Kobayashi and Sato, 2023
• Ophiocara macrolepidota (Bloch, 1792)
• Ophiocara macrostoma Kobayashi and Sato, 2023
• Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) (northern mud gudgeon)
• Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes, 1837) (spangled gudgeon, bumblebee, mullet gudgeon)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophiocara". FishBase. April 2013 version.