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Opistognathus aurifrons (Jordan & Thompson, 1905)

Yellowhead jawfish
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Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Espírito Santo: Vitória; Guarapari, Ilha Escalvada and Rio de Janeiro, Armação dos Búzios (Ref. 40101). Traded as an aquarium fish at Fortaleza, Ceará (Ref. 49392).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De Moura, R.L., J.L. Gasparini and I. Sazima, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Opistognathidae (Jawfishes)
Etymology: Opistognathus: Greek, opisthe = behind + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335); to the very elongate upper jaw of the type species of the genus, Opistognathus nigromarginatus (Ref. 128653).
  More on authors: Jordan & Thompson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 40 m (Ref. 9710), usually 3 - 40 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 32°N - 23°S, 100°W - 29°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Central Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bahamas to Barbados and northern South America.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 11; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 15-16; Épines anales 3; Rayons mous anaux: 14 - 15. Body light bluish gray with numerous pale blue dots; head, nape and anterior part of dorsal fin yellow; a pair of black spots often present on chin (Ref. 13442).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Inhabit burrows made of crushed coral or sand. Hovers vertically, above or near its hole. The male courts the female by swimming in an arched position with his fins spread towards her (Ref. 9710). Male broods the eggs orally (Ref. 5521). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35427).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Mouthbrooders. Eggs which are clumped together in a sticky ball get incubated inside the male's mouth (Ref. 5521). Monogamous mating is observed irrespective of resource abundance (Ref. 52884).

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 January 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless




Utilisations par l'homme

Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 28, mean 27 (based on 402 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).