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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); triops: Name 'triops from the Greek word 'tri' and 'ops', meaning 'three' and 'eyes', in reference to the 'third eye' formed by the characteristic ocellated spot in the spinous dorsal fin of the new species. A noun in apposition.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 12 - 32 m (Ref. 128653). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Vanuatu and Tonga.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 128653)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 17 - 18; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 17; Vertebre: 22 - 23. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: rigid upper jaw with no flexible lamina posteriorly, extending 0.6-0.7 eye diameters behind posterior margin of orbit; infraorbitals moderately slender, 2nd and 3rd infraorbitals relatively large, with large sensory canal openings, 3rd infraorbital with moderate suborbital shelf; D XI, 17 or 18; A II, 17; vertebrae 10+22 or 23; scale rows in horizontal series about 45-49, scales absent anterolaterally forward of verticals from segmented dorsal-fin rays 4-5; vomerine teeth 2 or 3; spinous dorsal fin with an ocellus between spines 2-7 (Ref. 128653).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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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). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |