Moustache jawfish

Moustache jawfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Opistognathidae
Genus: Opistognathus
Species: O. lonchurus
Binomial name
Opistognathus lonchurus
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
Synonyms
  • Gnathypops mystacinus D. S. Jordan, 1884

The moustache jawfish (Opistognathus lonchurus) is a species of jawfish native to the western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is an reef inhabitant. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Opistognathus lonchurus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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