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Opistognathus

Description

Opistognathus is a genus of fish in the family Opistognathidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2391754https://www.gbif.org/species/2391754
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Opistognathus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
-Ctenosquamata
-Acanthomorphata
-Euacanthomorphacea
-Percomorphaceae
-Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesStirton 1953
familyOpistognathidae
genusOpistognathusCuvier 1816
Scientific NameOpistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Name Published InCuvier, Georges. 1816. Le règne animal distribué d’après son organisation, pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction à l’anatomie comparée. Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Déterville, Paris. Vol. 2, Edition 1: i-xviii, 1-532, (pls. 9-10, in v. 4).
Common Name(s) Spotfin Jawfishes, アゴアマダイ
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opistognathus

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Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Gnathypops rosenbergi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus adelus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus afer
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus albicaudatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus alleni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus ancistrus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus aurifrons
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus aurolineatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus brasiliensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus brochus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus castelnaui
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus chesterfieldensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus crassus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus cuvierii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus cyanospilotus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus darwiniensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus decorus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus dendriticus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus dipharus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus elizabethensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus ensiferus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus evermanni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus eximius
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus fenmutis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus fossoris
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus galapagensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus gilberti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus hongkongiensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus hopkinsi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus inornatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus iyonis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus jacksoniensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus latitabundus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus leprocarus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus liturus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus lonchurus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus longinaris
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus macrognathus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus macrolepis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus margaretae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus maxillosus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus megalepis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus melachasme
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus mexicanus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus micrognathus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus muscatensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus nigromarginatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus nothus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus nubilis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus panamaensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus papuensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus pardus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus parvus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus pholeter
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus punctatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus randalli
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus reticeps
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus reticulatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus rhomaleus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus robinsi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus rosenbergii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus rosenblatti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus rufilineatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus schrieri
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus scops
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus seminudus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus signatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus simus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus smithvanizi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus solorensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus stigmosus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus trimaculatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus variabilis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus verecundus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus walkeri
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus whitehursti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Opistognathus xenephelis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Ophistognathes Fleming, 1822GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Ophistognathes
Opisthhognathus GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Opisthhognathus
Tandya Whitley, 1930GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Tandya
Opisthognothus GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Opisthognothus
Merogymnoides Whitley, 1966GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Merogymnoides
Opistognatus Hoeven, 1833GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Opistognatus
Opistignathus GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Opistignathus
Opisthognatus GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Opisthognatus
Ophisthognathus GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Ophisthognathus
Upsilonognathus Fowler, 1946GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Upsilonognathus
Gnathypops Gill, 1862GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Gnathypops
Merogymnus Ogilby, 1908GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Perciformes : Opistognathidae : Merogymnus

References

Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
R. Anim., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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