Overview
Family : Jawfishes ; Inhabits rock and sand bottoms or the eroding edges of weed beds . Egg mass incubated in mouth of males[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
M, Mørk Kæbefisk
Common Names in English:
Dusky jawfish
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
暗色后颌鰧, 暗色後頜鰧
Common Names in Spanish:
Boc, Guardi
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,207 meters (0 to -17,083 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Family:
rock and sand bottoms or the eroding
edges of w
()
- Genus:
Opistognathus
()
- Cuvier, 1817
- Specific name:
whitehursti
- Scientific name: - Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927)
- Specific name:
whitehursti
- Genus:
Opistognathus
(
- Family:
rock and sand bottoms or the eroding
edges of w
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Gnathypops whitehursti Longley • Opisthognathus whitehursti (Longley • Opisthognathus whitehurstii (Longley • Opisthognothus whitenhursti (Longley • Opistognathus whitehurstii (Longley • Upsilonognathus chaplini Fowler
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Author
and year from Eschmeyer[3].
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 19-Jul-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Opistognathus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. alleni (Abrolhos Jawfish) · O. aurifrons (Yellowhead Jawfish) · O. brasiliensis (Darkfin Jawfish) · O. castelnaui (Blue-Spotted Jawfish) · O. robinsi (Bartail Jawfish) · O. cuvierii (Phantom Jawfish) · O. darwiniensis (Darwin Jawfish) · O. dendriticus (Tabangka) · O. elizabethensis (Elizabeth Reef Jawfish) · O. eximius (Harlequin Smiler) · O. galapagensis (Galapagos Jawfish) · O. gilberti (Yellow Jawfish) · O. inornatus (Black Jawfish) · O. jacksoniensis (Southern Smiler) · O. latitabundus (Blotched Jawfish) · O. leprocarus (Roughcheek Jawfish) · O. lonchurus (Moustache Jawfish) · O. macrognathus (Spotfin Jawfish) · O. macrolepis (Bigscale Jawfish) · O. margaretae (Halfscaled Jawfish) · O. maxillosus (Mottled Jawfish) · O. megalepis (Largesacle Jawfish) · O. melachasme (Yellowmouth Grouper) · O. mexicanus (Mexican Jawfish) · O. muscatensis (Jawfish) · O. nigromarginatus (Moustached Jawfish) · O. nothus (Yellowmouth Jawfish) · O. panamaensis (Panamanian Jawfish) · O. papuensis (Papuan Jawfish) · O. punctatus (Finespotted Flounder) · O. reticeps (Reticulated Jawfish) · O. reticulatus (Leopard Jawfish) · O. rhomaleus (Giant Jawfish) · O. robinsi (Spotfin Jawfish) · O. rosenblatti (Blue-Spotted Jawfish) · O. scops (Bullseye Jawfish) · O. seminudus (Halfnaked Jawfish) · O. solorensis (Variegated Jawfish) · O. stigmosus (Coral Sea Jawfish) · O. verecundus (Bashful Jawfish) · O. whitehursti (Dusky Jawfish)
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Further Reading
- An Annotated bibliography of CERC coastal ecology research / by Edward J. Pullen. .. [et al.] Fort Belvoir, Va.: Available from National Technical Information Service, [1978] url p. 22.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 304, p. 312, p. 342, p. 72.
- Ecological evaluation of a beach nourishment project at Hallandale (Broward County), Florida / prepared for U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center. Fort Belvoir, Va.: National Technical Information Service, Operations Division [distributor, 1980] url p. 14, p. 17, p. 2.
- Final environmental impact statement prepared on the proposed Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management, [1980] url p. 21.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Iwamoto, Tomio (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24838
- Fishbase Species ID: 3689
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 170932
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 118858
Footnotes
- Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin (1993). Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. [back]
- Mean = -1,260.780 meters (-4,136.417 feet), Standard Deviation = 4,265.800 based on 9 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (1998). Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. [back]
