Opistognathus papuensis, Papuan jawfish

Opistognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868

Papuan jawfish
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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).
More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; reef-associated. Tropical; 0°S - 24°S, 130°E - 150°E

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Western Central Pacific: southern New Guinea and northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in sand patches of coastal reefs (Ref. 9710).

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Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 September 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low vulnerability (21 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 52 [34, 72] mg/100g; Iron = 0.647 [0.442, 1.009] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [18.2, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.138 [0.102, 0.187] g/100g; Selenium = 41.3 [26.2, 63.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 59.1 [24.9, 140.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.33 [1.00, 1.71] mg/100g (wet weight);