Opistognathus

Opistognathus
Opistognathus aurifrons
Opistognathus whitehursti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
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:

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Opistognathus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 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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