FB-64720 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64720 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ovalentaria/misc Opistognathidae Opistognathus Opistognathus alleni Smith-Vaniz, 2004 2008-11-05 2008-11-21 Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg0 Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2):529-550. (Ref. 75633) FB-GeneralDescr-64729 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-06 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64729 Collected by otter trawls and dredge. Female specimens at 3.85 and 4.32 cm SL are gravid (Ref. 75633). Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg 2003 Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2):529-550. (Ref. 75633) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64729 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-06 00:00:00 2008-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64729 This small (3.9-5.4 cm SL), slender species possess the following combination of characters: dark speckling on head and body; dusky dorsal and anal fins, several black blotches on dorsal fin; short maxilla (0.5-0.9 eye diameters beyond orbit), truncate; long and slender teeth; D 13, A III; 49-57 oblique scale rows in longitudinal series; 28(29)-31 pores in lateral line series; gill rakers on lower limb of first arch 15 (17)-18; anterior nostril with a short tube without cirrus; 16 caudal vertebrae 16 (Ref. 75633). Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg 2003 Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2):529-550. (Ref. 75633) FB-Morphology-64729 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-06 00:00:00 2008-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64729 Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 12; Vertebrae: 26 Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg 2003 Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2):529-550. (Ref. 75633) FB-Distribution-64729 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-06 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64729 Eastern Pacific: upper Gulf of California and Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg 2003 Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2):529-550. (Ref. 75633) FB-Uses-64729 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-06 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64729 fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-64729 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-06 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64729 5.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 75633)); 4.32 cm SL (female) Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg 2003 Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2):529-550. (Ref. 75633) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-64729 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-06 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64729 demersal; marine; depth range 20 - 82 m (Ref. 75633) Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg 2003 Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2):529-550. (Ref. 75633)