FB-3685 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3685 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ovalentaria/misc Opistognathidae Opistognathus Opistognathus lonchurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Moustache Jawfish Moustache jawfish Bocón bigote Guardián verdoso Gnathypops mystacinus Jordan, 1884 Opisthognathus lonchurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 1991-05-01 2023-10-06 Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (12)1-174. (Ref. 276) Guitart, D.J.0 Sinopsis de los peces marinos de Cuba. Vol. III. Orden Perciformes; Suborden Percoidei. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Instituto de Oceanologia, La Habana. 325-608 p. (Ref. 1729) Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III0 Dr. Burgess's Atlas der Meerwasser Aquarium Fische. Bede Verlag, Kollnburg, Germany. (Ref. 2272) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814) Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray0 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) Hensley, V.I. and D.A. Hensley0 Fishes eaten by sooty terns and brown noddies in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. Bull. Mar. Sci. 56(3):813-821. (Ref. 10581) Eschmeyer, W.N.0 PISCES. Eschmeyer's PISCES database as published on the Internet in June 1997, URL: gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. (Ref. 12965) Claro, R.0 Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo. (Ref. 26340) Smith-Vaniz, W.F.0 Five new species of jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae) from the western Atlantic ocean. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3):1074-1128. 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Macieira0 Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus <i>Opistognathus</i> with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys No. 794: 95-133. (Ref. 129348) FB-GeneralDescr-3685 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-10-06 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3685 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Occur in rubble-sand bottoms near coral reefs and rocky areas. and it has been observed in burrows or resting on the bottom (Ref. 129348). Smith-Vaniz, W.F,, L. Tornabene and R.M. Macieira 2018 Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus <i>Opistognathus</i> with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys No. 794: 95-133. (Ref. 129348) FB-DiagnosticDescr-3685 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-10-06 00:00:00 2023-10-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3685 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats This species is distinguished by he following set of characters: anterior nostril is a short tube without a cirrus on posterior rim; posterior end of maxilla is rigid, not produced as a thin flexible lamina; with supramaxilla; subopercle without a broad, fan-like flap; most of nape without sensory pores; D XI,12-13, with spines thin and flexible, usually curved distally, the tips without pale, slightly swollen tabs, and anterior 5-8 soft rays unbranched; dorsal fin sexually dimorphic, fin rays distinctly higher in large males; A III, 12, with 7-10 anterior rays unbranched; outermost segmented pelvic-fin ray tightly bound to adjacent ray and interradial membrane not incised distally; body with 63-87 oblique scales in longitudinal series; vertebrae 10+16; supraneurals 1; gill rakers 13-17 + 22-28 = 35-45; dentary without large canines. Colouration: head and body brown to greenish-tan; the upper lip blue; body with two narrow blue stripes on side; distal margins of dorsal and anal fins are with narrow blue stripe; outer margin of caudal fin and outer ray of pelvic fin blue (Ref. 129348). Smith-Vaniz, W.F,, L. Tornabene and R.M. Macieira 2018 Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus <i>Opistognathus</i> with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys No. 794: 95-133. (Ref. 129348) FB-Morphology-3685 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-10-06 00:00:00 2023-10-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3685 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 12 Smith-Vaniz, W.F,, L. Tornabene and R.M. Macieira 2018 Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus <i>Opistognathus</i> with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys No. 794: 95-133. (Ref. 129348) FB-Distribution-3685 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3685 Western Atlantic: South Carolina, Gulf of Mexico, Greater Antilles and northern South America to Brazil. Smith-Vaniz, W.F,, L. Tornabene and R.M. Macieira 2018 Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus <i>Opistognathus</i> with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys No. 794: 95-133. (Ref. 129348) FB-Uses-3685 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-10-06 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3685 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. FB-Size-3685 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-10-06 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3685 12.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 129348)) Smith-Vaniz, W.F,, L. Tornabene and R.M. Macieira 2018 Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus <i>Opistognathus</i> with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys No. 794: 95-133. (Ref. 129348) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-3685 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-10-06 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3685 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses reef-associated; marine; depth range 10 - 91 m (Ref. 129348) Smith-Vaniz, W.F,, L. Tornabene and R.M. Macieira 2018 Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus <i>Opistognathus</i> with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae). ZooKeys No. 794: 95-133. (Ref. 129348)