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Opistognathus darwiniensis Macleay, 1878

Darwin jawfish
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> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Opistognathidae (Jawfishes)
Etymology: Opistognathus: Greek, opisthe = behind + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335); to the very elongate upper jaw of the type species of the genus, Opistognathus nigromarginatus (Ref. 128653).
More on author: Macleay.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 4 m (Ref. 128653). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: northern Australia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 36661)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 10 - 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 17 - 18; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 14 - 15; Vértebra: 30 - 32. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with a rigid upper jaw lacking flexible lamina posteriorly, in adults extending about 0.7-1.2 eye diameters behind posterior margin of orbit; infraorbitals are relatively slender and tubular, the third infraorbital with small sensory canal opening and slender suborbital shelf; D X-XI,17-18, rarely X,18; vertebrae typically 12 + 18 or 19; body with two separate lateral lines, with the ventral one irregularly developed along lower side in region of anal-fin origin, often with one or more branches on belly; head covered with close-set, tiny, brown spots; pelvic and caudal fins usually strongly barred; anterior naris palmate (Ref. 128653).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found in shallow reefs, in sand or rubble areas. Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240).

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Employ mouthbrooding to care for their young (Ref. 240).

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Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25 - 29.2, mean 28 °C (based on 518 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 52.9 [29.8, 78.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.587 [0.378, 0.956] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.7, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.0846 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 49.9 [27.3, 88.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48.8 [17.9, 129.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.28 [0.92, 1.75] mg/100g (wet weight);