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Opistognathus signatus Smith-Vaniz, 1997

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: off Bluefields, ANSP 138471 (Ref. 26893).
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Main Ref: Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1997
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Common names from other countries

鬼后颌鰧, 鬼後頜鰧, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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);  signatus: From the Latin 'signatus' meaning marked, in reference to the prominent dark scale spots (Ref. 26893).

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 27 - 68 m (Ref. 26893).   Tropical

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