FB-59032 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59032 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ovalentaria/misc Opistognathidae Stalix Stalix flavida Smith-Vaniz, 1989 Harlequin smiler 大眼后颌鰧 大眼後頜鰧 Merogymnus eximius Ogilby, 1908 2002-03-16 2015-07-23 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Smith-Vaniz, W.F.0 Opistognathidae. Jawfishes. p. 2588-2589. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 40511) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of December 2001. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in December 2001. (Ref. 40966) Mooi, R.D.0 Egg surface morphology of pseudochromoids (Perciformes: Percoidei), with comments on its phylogenetic implications. Copeia 1990(2):455-475. (Ref. 42651) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154) Johnson, J.W.0 Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2):709-762. (Ref. 78751) Smith-Vaniz, W.F.0 Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-59038 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-03-16 00:00:00 2008-11-21 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=59038 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Occur over sand bottom of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Eggs which are clumped together in a sticky egg ball inside the parent's mouth are sometimes released in a burrow during brief feeding periods (Ref. 40511). Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2023 Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653) FB-DiagnosticDescr-59038 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-10-18 00:00:00 2023-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59038 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses This species is distinguished by the following characters: with a rigid upper jaw lacking flexible lamina posteriorly, extending about 0.7 to 0.9 eye diameters behind posterior margin of orbit; infraorbitals are very slender and tubular, the third infraorbital very elongate with large suborbital shelf; D XI,13; A II,12; vertebrae 10+16; scales on the belly minute and distinctly embedded; body with about 80-99 scale rows in horizontal series; vomerine teeth 1-3. Colouration: opercle with a conspicuous dark spot; color of sides and anal blue with large yellow spots (Ref. 128653). Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2023 Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653) FB-Morphology-59038 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-10-18 00:00:00 2023-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59038 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 12; Vertebrae: 26 Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2023 Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653) FB-Distribution-59038 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-03-16 00:00:00 2025-04-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59038 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Western Pacific: Australia. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2023 Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653) FB-LifeCycle-59038 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2002-03-16 00:00:00 2008-11-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=59038&StockCode=48759 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Eggs which are clumped together in a sticky egg ball get incubated inside the parent's mouth (Ref. 40511). Thresher, R.E. 1984 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) FB-Size-59038 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-03-16 00:00:00 2008-11-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59038 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases 28.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 128653)) Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2023 Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653) 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#Habitat 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-59038 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-03-16 00:00:00 2008-11-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59038 reef-associated; marine; depth range 6 - 35 m (Ref. 128653) Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2023 Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653)