{"scientificNameAuthorship":"(Valenciennes, 1837)","RecordModifiedOn":"2022-01-21","CAAB_code":"37429007","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Until recently it was assumed that only one widespread <i>Ophiocara</i> species existed and it was referred to as <i>Ophiocara porocephala</i>. In a review of the genus, Keith & Mennesson (2021) concluded that <i>O. ophicephalus</i> is the correct name for the Pacific Ocean species, distributed from the Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Taiwan, Philippines and Micronesia in the north-west to Indonesia, PNG, Solomons, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji in the south-east. In Australian waters, <i>O. ophicephalus</i> is confirmed from Barred Creek, north of Broome, WA (17°39'S, 122°11'E) to North Stradbroke Island, QLD (27°29'S) and <i>O. porocephala</i> (coded as 37 429065) is restricted to the Indian Ocean, with the only known Australian location being Cocos-Keeling Islands (AFD draft text January 2022).","habitat":"Freshwater<br>Estuarine<br>Coastal (0-40m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":". <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2021-452-002\">doi:10.26028/cybium/2021-452-002</a>","Parent_Id":37429915,"scientificName":"Ophiocara ophicephalus","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Perciformes","otherVernacularNames":"spangled gudgeon","Reference":". <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2021-452-002\">doi:10.26028/cybium/2021-452-002</a>","vernacularName":"Spangled Gudgeon","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"","family":"Eleotridae","standardName":"Spangled Gudgeon (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}