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Opisthocentrus
Opisthocentrus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Ocellated blenny
speciesOpisthocentrus ocellatus

Opisthocentrus tenuis
speciesOpisthocentrus tenuis
Opisthocentrus zonope
speciesOpisthocentrus zonope
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90485.