Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Opistognathidae

Opistognathidae (jawfishes and smilers)

Synonyms: Opisthognathidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Opistognathidae, the jawfishes, are a family of fishes classified within the order Perciformes, suborder Percoidei. The family includes about 80 species. They are native to warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, where found from the shallows to depths of a few hundred meters. The species level taxonomy is complex and the family includes several undescribed species. With the exception of the Blue-Spotted Jawfish O. rosenblatti, Jawfishes are mouthbrooders, meaning their eggs hatch in their mouths, where the newborn fry are protected from predators.
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Genus

Anoptoplacus (1)
Lonchopisthus (Jawfish) (5)
Opisthognathus (4)
Opistognathus (spotfin jawfishes) (73)
Stalix (Jawfish) (12)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0