Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Familia: Opistognathidae
Genus: Opistognathus
Species (89): O. adelus – O. afer – O. albicaudatus – O. albomaculatus – O. alleni – O. asper – O. aurifrons – O. aurolineatus – O. bathyphilus – O. biporus – O. brasiliensis – O. brochus – O. castelnaui – O. challenger – O. crassus – O. ctenion – O. cuvierii – O. cyanospilotus – O. darwiniensis – O. decorus – O. dendriticus – O. dipharus – O. elizabethensis – O. ensiferus – O. erdmanni – O. evermanni – O. eximius – O. fenmutis – O. flavidus – O. fossoris – O. galapagensis – O. gilberti – O. helvolus – O. hongkongiensis – O. hopkinsi – O. hyalinus – O. inornatus – O. iyonis – O. jacksoniensis – O. latitabundus – O. leprocarus – O. liturus – O. lonchurus – O. longinaris – O. macrognathus – O. macrolepis – O. margaretae – O. maxillosus – O. megalepis – O. megalops – O. melachasme – O. mexicanus – O. microspilus – O. muscatensis – O. nigripinnis – O. nigromarginatus – O. nothus – O. ocellicaudatus – O. panamaensis – O. papuensis – O. pardus – O. parvus – O. pholeter – O. punctatus – O. randalli – O. reticeps – O. reticulatus – O. rhomaleus – O. robinsi – O. rosenbergii – O. rosenblatti – O. rufilineatus – O. scops – O. seminudus – O. signatus – O. simus – O. smithvanizi – O. solorensis – O. stigmosus – O. thionyi – O. trimaculatus – O. triops – O. variabilis – O. verecundus – O. vicinus – O. vigilax – O. walkeri – O. wassi – O. whitehursti
Name
Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816: 252
Type species: Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830
Synonyms
Gnathypops Gill, 1862
Merogymnoides Whitley, 1966
Merogymnus Ogilby, 1908
Tandya Whitley, 1930
Upsilonognathus Fowler, 1946
References
Cuvier G.L. 1816–1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Avec Figures, dessinées d'après nature. Tome II. Contenant Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Edition 1, Deterville, Paris. pp. i–xviii + 1–532. [Pls. 9–10, in v. 4] DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41460 BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 252]
Fowler, H. W.; 1946: Notes on Bahama fishes with a description of a new jaw fish (Opisthognathidae). Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia), No. 181: 1–8.
Fujiwara, K., Motomura, H. & Shinohara, G. 2023. Opistognathus ctenion (Perciformes, Opistognathidae): a new jawfish from southern Japan. Zookeys 1179ː 353–364. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1179.109813 Open access Reference page.
Gill, T. N.; 1862: Remarks on the relations of the genera and other groups of Cuban fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14: 235–242.
Ogilby, J. D.; 1908: On new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 21: 1–26.BHL
Whitley, G. P.; 1930: Ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 10 (1): 8–31, Pl. 1.
Whitley, G. P.; 1966: Notes on some Queensland fishes. Australian Zoologist, 13 (3): 235–243, Pls. 13-14.
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. PDF of containing issue
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.2.6. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
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. Preview PDF Reference page.
Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Tornabene, L. & Macieira, R.M. 2018. Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus Opistognathus with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys 794: 95–133. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.794.26789 Reference page.
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1): 1–180. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5252.1.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Opistognathus is a genus of fish in the family Opistognathidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently 72 recognized species in this genus:
Opistognathus adelus Smith-Vaniz, 2010 (Obscure jawfish) [2]
Opistognathus afer Smith-Vaniz, 2010 (African jawfish) [2]
Opistognathus albicaudatus Smith-Vaniz, 2011 (White-tail jawfish) [3]
Opistognathus alleni Smith-Vaniz, 2004 (Abrolhos jawfish)
Opistognathus annulatus (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Klausewitz, 1961)
Opistognathus aurifrons (D. S. Jordan & J. C. Thompson, 1905) (Yellow-head jawfish)
Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith-Vaniz, 1997 (Dark-fin jawfish)
Opistognathus brochus W. A. Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003
Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker, 1860 (Castelnau's jawfish)
Opistognathus crassus Smith-Vaniz, 2010 (Stout jawfish) [2]
Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes, 1836 (Bar-tail jawfish)
Opistognathus cyanospilotus Smith-Vaniz, 2009 (Blue-blotch jawfish)
Opistognathus darwiniensis W. J. Macleay, 1878 (Darwin jawfish)
Opistognathus decorus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985
Opistognathus dendriticus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908) (Dendtric jawfish)
Opistognathus dipharus Smith-Vaniz, 2010 (Tail-beacon jawfish) [2]
Opistognathus elizabethensis Smith-Vaniz, 2004 (Elizabeth Reef jawfish)
Opistognathus ensiferus Smith-Vaniz, 2016 [4]
Opistognathus evermanni (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
Opistognathus eximius (J. D. Ogilby, 1908) (Harlequin jawfish)
Opistognathus fenmutis Acero P & Franke, 1993
Opistognathus fossoris W. A. Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003
Opistognathus galapagensis G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1991 (Galapagos jawfish)
Opistognathus gilberti J. E. Böhlke, 1967 (Yellow jawfish)
Opistognathus hongkongiensis W. L. Y. Chan, 1968
Opistognathus hopkinsi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
Opistognathus inornatus E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1887 (Black jawfish)
Opistognathus iyonis (D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1913)
Opistognathus jacksoniensis W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Jawfish)
Opistognathus latitabundus (Whitley, 1937) (Blotched jawfish)
Opistognathus leprocarus Smith-Vaniz, 1997 (Rough-cheek jawfish)
Opistognathus liturus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985
Opistognathus lonchurus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Moustache jawfish)
Opistognathus longinaris Smith-Vaniz, 2010 (Long-nostril jawfish) [2]
Opistognathus macrognathus Poey, 1860 (Banded jawfish)
Opistognathus macrolepis W. K. H. Peters, 1866 (Big-scale jawfish)
Opistognathus margaretae Smith-Vaniz, 1983 (Half-scaled jawfish)
Opistognathus maxillosus Poey, 1860 (Mottled jawfish)
Opistognathus megalepis Smith-Vaniz, 1972 (Large-scale jawfish)
Opistognathus melachasme Smith-Vaniz, 1972 (Yellow-mouth jawfish)
Opistognathus mexicanus G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1991 (Mexican jawfish)
Opistognathus muscatensis Boulenger, 1888 (Robust jawfish)
Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830 (Birdled jawfish)
Opistognathus nothus Smith-Vaniz, 1997
Opistognathus panamaensis G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1991 (Panamanian jawfish)
Opistognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868 (Papuan jawfish)
Opistognathus pardus Smith-Vaniz, Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2012 (Leopard jawfish) [5]
Opistognathus punctatus W. K. H. Peters, 1869 (Fine-spotted jawfish)
Opistognathus randalli Smith-Vaniz, 2009 (Gold-specs jawfish)
Opistognathus reticeps Smith-Vaniz, 2004
Opistognathus reticulatus (McKay, 1969) (Reticulated jawfish)
Opistognathus rhomaleus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Giant jawfish)
Opistognathus robinsi Smith-Vaniz, 1997 (Spot-fin jawfish)
Opistognathus rosenbergii Bleeker, 1856 (Rosenberg's jawfish)
Opistognathus rosenblatti G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1991 (Blue-spotted jawfish)
Opistognathus rufilineatus Smith-Vaniz & G. R. Allen, 2007 (Red-lined jawfish)
Opistognathus scops (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Bulls-eye jawfish)
Opistognathus seminudus Smith-Vaniz, 2004 (Half-naked jawfish)
Opistognathus signatus Smith-Vaniz, 1997
Opistognathus simus Smith-Vaniz, 2010 (Cargados jawfish) [2]
Opistognathus smithvanizi W. A. Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003
Opistognathus solorensis Bleeker, 1853 (Solor jawfish) [4]
Opistognathus stigmosus Smith-Vaniz, 2004 (Coral Sea jawfish)
Opistognathus trimaculatus Hiramatsu & Endo, 2013 (Five-banded jawfish) [6]
Opistognathus variabilis Smith-Vaniz, 2009 (Variable jawfish)
Opistognathus verecundus Smith-Vaniz, 2004 (Bashful jawfish)
Opistognathus walkeri W. A. Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003
Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927) (Dusky jawfish)
Opistognathus ctenion Fujiwara, Motomura & Shinohara, 2023
Opistognathus schrieri Smith-Vaniz, 2017
Opistognathus thionyi Smith-Vaniz, Tornabene & Macieira, 2018
Opistognathus vicinus Smith-Vaniz, Tornabene & Macieira, 2018
Opistognathus ocellicaudatus Shinohara, 2021
Opistognathus wharekuriensis Schwarzhans, 2019
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Opistognathus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
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.
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2011): Opistognathus albicaudatus, a new species of jawfish (Teleostei: Opistognathidae) from the Andaman Islands. Zootaxa, 3085: 34–40.
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.
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.
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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