FB-65787 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65787 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Ariidae Galeichthys Galeichthys troworum Kulongowski, 2010 Stout jawfish Opistognathus sp. Not applicable 2010-09-24 2024-06-03 Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson0 Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. (59):1-47. (Ref. 11303) Smith-Vaniz, W.F.0 New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Smithiana Bull. 12:39-54. (Ref. 85161) 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) FB-pic-65796-20640 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-13 2015-04-16 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65796 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Opcra_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Opcra_u0.jpg FB-DiagnosticDescr-65796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-01-20 00:00:00 2023-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65796 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: rigid maxilla with no flexible lamina posteriorly; D XI,11; A II,10; tips of dorsal-fin spines conspicuously pale; dorsum with row of 5 dark blotches, some of which extend distinctly onto dorsal fin; last blotch on dorsal fin much narrower than anterior blotches (Ref. 85161). Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2010 New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Smithiana Bull. 12:39-54. (Ref. 85161) FB-Morphology-65796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-01-20 00:00:00 2023-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65796 Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 26 Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2010 New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Smithiana Bull. 12:39-54. (Ref. 85161) FB-Distribution-65796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2010-09-30 00:00:00 2023-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65796 Western Indian Ocean: Maldive Islands. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2010 New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Smithiana Bull. 12:39-54. (Ref. 85161) FB-Size-65796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2010-09-30 00:00:00 2011-01-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65796 3.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 85161)) Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2010 New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Smithiana Bull. 12:39-54. (Ref. 85161) 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-65796 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2010-09-30 00:00:00 2011-01-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65796 pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 35 - 35 m (Ref. 85161) Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2010 New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (<i>Opistognathus</i>: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Smithiana Bull. 12:39-54. (Ref. 85161)