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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); cryos: Name 'cryos' from Greek word 'krýos', meaning cold or chilled, indicating that the holotype was collected during a cold snap.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal. Tropical
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 133077)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 10; Vértebra: 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: rigid upper jaw, without a distinct flexible lamina posteriorly; D XI,11; A II,10; gill rakers 10-11 + 1 + 19-22 = 31-33; scale rows in lateral series 55; vertebral formula 10 + 16 = 26; dorsal-fin interdigitation pattern S/S/1/1+1/1/; lateral-line ends at base of fourth segmented dorsal-fin ray (15th in total rays); head, nape, dorsal-fin base above lateral line, throat, chest, and pectoral-fin base scaleless; upper two preopercular and fifth mandibular pores bipored; vomer edentate; head mottled with small, dark blotches; dorsal fin with eight blotches along its base; distal portion of membrane between dorsal-fin spines white; body with five horizontal, dark stripes; nape with two dark blotches in front of dorsal-fin origin; and caudal fin with five narrow, dark bands (Ref. 133077).
Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Su, Y. and H,-S. Ho, 2024. A new species of the jawfish genus Opistognathus from Taiwan,
northwestern Pacific Ocean (Perciformes, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys 1220:165-174. (Ref. 133077)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 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 (Referencia
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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