Opistognathus

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Opistognathus
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Opistognathus aurifrons
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Opistognathus whitehursti
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Opistognathidae
Genus: Opistognathus
G. Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Opistognathus nigromarginatus
Rüppell, 1830
Synonyms

Gnathypops Gill, 1862
Merogymnoides Whitley, 1966
Merogymnus Ogilby, 1908
Tandya Whitley, 1930
Upsilonognathus Fowler, 1946

Opistognathus is a genus of fish in the family Opistognathidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species[]

There are currently 68 recognized species in this genus:

  • , 2010 (Obscure jawfish) [2]
  • , 2010 (African jawfish) [2]
  • , 2011 (White-tail jawfish) [3]
  • , 2004 (Abrolhos jawfish)
  • (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Klausewitz, 1961)
  • Opistognathus aurifrons (D. S. Jordan & J. C. Thompson, 1905) (Yellow-head jawfish)
  • , 1997 (Dark-fin jawfish)
  • & , 2003
  • Bleeker, 1860 (Castelnau's jawfish)
  • , 2010 (Stout jawfish) [2]
  • Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes, 1836 (Bar-tail jawfish)
  • , 2009 (Blue-blotch jawfish)
  • W. J. Macleay, 1878 (Darwin jawfish)
  • & , 1985
  • (D. S. Jordan & , 1908) (Dendtric jawfish)
  • , 2010 (Tail-beacon jawfish) [2]
  • , 2004 (Elizabeth Reef jawfish)
  • , 2016 [4]
  • (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
  • (J. D. Ogilby, 1908) (Harlequin jawfish)
  • & , 1993
  • & , 2003
  • G. R. Allen & , 1991 (Galapagos jawfish)
  • J. E. Böhlke, 1967 (Yellow jawfish)
  • , 1968
  • (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
  • E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1887 (Black jawfish)
  • (D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1913)
  • W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Jawfish)
  • (Whitley, 1937) (Blotched jawfish)
  • , 1997 (Rough-cheek jawfish)
  • & , 1985
  • Opistognathus lonchurus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Moustache jawfish)
  • , 2010 (Long-nostril jawfish) [2]
  • Poey, 1860 (Banded jawfish)
  • W. K. H. Peters, 1866 (Big-scale jawfish)
  • , 1983 (Half-scaled jawfish)
  • Poey, 1860 (Mottled jawfish)
  • , 1972 (Large-scale jawfish)
  • , 1972 (Yellow-mouth jawfish)
  • G. R. Allen & , 1991 (Mexican jawfish)
  • Boulenger, 1888 (Robust jawfish)
  • Rüppell, 1830 (Birdled jawfish)
  • , 1997
  • G. R. Allen & , 1991 (Panamanian jawfish)
  • Bleeker, 1868 (Papuan jawfish)
  • , & , 2012 (Leopard jawfish) [5]
  • W. K. H. Peters, 1869 (Fine-spotted jawfish)
  • , 2009 (Gold-specs jawfish)
  • , 2004
  • (, 1969) (Reticulated jawfish)
  • D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Giant jawfish)
  • , 1997 (Spot-fin jawfish)
  • Bleeker, 1856 (Rosenberg's jawfish)
  • Opistognathus rosenblatti G. R. Allen & , 1991 (Blue-spotted jawfish)
  • & G. R. Allen, 2007 (Red-lined jawfish)
  • (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Bulls-eye jawfish)
  • , 2004 (Half-naked jawfish)
  • , 1997
  • , 2010 (Cargados jawfish) [2]
  • & , 2003
  • Bleeker, 1853 (Solor jawfish) [4]
  • , 2004 (Coral Sea jawfish)
  • & , 2013 (Five-banded jawfish) [6]
  • , 2009 (Variable jawfish)
  • , 2004 (Bashful jawfish)
  • & , 2003
  • Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927) (Dusky jawfish)

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Opistognathus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2010): New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Smithiana Bulletin, 12: 39-54.
  3. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2011): Opistognathus albicaudatus, a new species of jawfish (Teleostei: Opistognathidae) from the Andaman Islands. Zootaxa, 3085: 34–40.
  4. ^ a b Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2016): Opistognathus ensiferus, a new species of jawfish (Opistognathidae) from the Gulf of Mannar, India, with redescription of O. solorensis Bleeker. Zootaxa, 4196 (2): 278–288.
  5. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Bineesh, K.K. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2012): Opistognathus pardus, a new species of jawfish (Teleostei: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3523: 20–24.
  6. ^ Hiramatsu, W. & Endo, H. (2013): Opistognathus trimaculatus, a New Jawfish (Teleostei: Opistognathidae) from Tosa Bay, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Suppl. No. 7: 19–23.
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