Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Opistognathidae
Genus: Opistognathus
Species: O. aurifrons - O. brasiliensis - O. castelnaui - O. cuvierii - O. decorus - O. dendriticus - O. evermanni - O. eximius - O. fenmutis - O. galapagensis - O. gilberti - O. hongkongiensis - O. hopkinsi - O. inornatus - O. iyonis - O. jacksoniensis - O. latitabundus - O. leprocarus - O. liturus - O. lonchurus - O. macrognathus - O. macrolepis - O. margaretae - O. maxillosus - O. megalepis - O. melachasme - O. mexicanus - O. muscatensis - O. nigromarginatus - O. nothus - O. panamaensis - O. papuensis - O. punctatus - O. reticulatus - O. rhomaleus - O. robinsi - O. rosenbergii - O. rosenblatti - O. scops - O. signatus - O. solorensis - O. whitehursti
Name
Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
References
* Opistognathus Report on ITIS
* FishBase link : genus Opistognathus (Mirror site) (+species list)
Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Spotfin jawfishes
Opistognathus is a genus of jawfish in the Opistognathidae family. Species within this genus are:
Yellowhead jawfish, Opistognathus aurifrons (Jordan & Thompson, 1905).
Darkfin jawfish, Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith-Vaniz, 1997.
Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker, 1860.
Bartail jawfish, Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes, 1836.
Darwin jawfish, Opistognathus darwiniensis (Macleay, 1878).
Opistognathus decorus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985.
Opistognathus dendriticus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908).
Opistognathus evermanni (Jordan & Snyder, 1902).
Opistognathus eximius (Ogilby, 1908).
Opistognathus fenmutis Acero P. & Franke, 1993.
Galapagos jawfish, Opistognathus galapagensis Allen & Robertson, 1991.
Yellow jawfish, Opistognathus gilberti Böhlke, 1967.
Opistognathus hongkongiensis (Chan, 1968).
Opistognathus hopkinsi (Jordan & Snyder, 1902).
Black jawfish, Opistognathus inornatus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887).
Opistognathus iyonis (Jordan & Thompson, 1913).
Smiler, Opistognathus jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881).
Blotched jawfish, Opistognathus latitabundus (Whitley, 1937).
Roughcheek jawfish, Opistognathus leprocarus Smith-Vaniz, 1997.
Opistognathus liturus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985.
Moustache jawfish, Opistognathus lonchurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
Banded jawfish, Opistognathus macrognathus (Poey, 1860).
Opistognathus macrolepis (Peters, 1866).
Halfscaled jawfish, Opistognathus margaretae Smith-Vaniz, 1984.
Mottled jawfish, Opistognathus maxillosus (Poey, 1860).
Largesacle jawfish, Opistognathus megalepis Smith-Vaniz, 1972.
Yellowmouth jawfish, Opistognathus melachasme Smith-Vaniz, 1972.
Mexican jawfish, Opistognathus mexicanus Allen & Robertson, 1991.
Robust jawfish, Opistognathus muscatensis (Boulenger, 1887).
Birdled jawfish, Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830.
Opistognathus nothus Smith-Vaniz, 1997.
Panamanian jawfish, Opistognathus panamaensis Allen & Robertson, 1991.
Papuan jawfish, Opistognathus papuensis (Bleeker, 1868).
Finespotted jawfish, Opistognathus punctatus (Peters, 1869).
Randalls jawfish, Opistognathus randalli
Leopard jawfish, Opistognathus reticulatus (McKay, 1969).
Giant jawfish, Opistognathus rhomaleus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).
Spotfin jawfish, Opistognathus robinsi Smith-Vaniz, 1997.
Opistognathus rosenbergii Bleeker, 1857.
Blue-spotted jawfish, Opistognathus rosenblatti Allen & Robertson, 1991.
Opistognathus rufilineatus Smith-Vaniz & Allen, 2007[1]
Bullseye jawfish, Opistognathus scops (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889).
Opistognathus signatus Smith-Vaniz, 1997.
Opistognathus solorensis Bleeker, 1853.
Dusky jawfish, Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927).
References
^ Smith-Vaniz & Allen (2007). "Opistognathus rufilineatus, a new species of jawfish (Opistognathidae) from the Bird's Head Peninsula, western New Guinea". Aqua (Miradolo Terme) 13 (1): 35–42.
