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Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker, 1860

Castelnau's jawfish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality of Opistognathus suluensis, Sulu Prov., Sitankai, CAS-SU 25508 (holotype) (Ref. 26879). Region with jawfish species richness is in the northern end of the Palawan Province, Busuanga and Culion (Ref. 75148). Also Ref. 90102.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and T. Yoshino, 1985
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Common names from other countries

卡氏后颔鰧, Wani-amadai, 卡氏后颌鰧, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | 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);  castelnaui: Named for the French diplomat and ichthyologist Francis-Louis de Castelnau (1812-1880)..
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 20 - 100 m (Ref. 559).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: eastern Australia to the Ryukyus, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 559)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 14; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 14; Vértebra: 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters: elongated supramaxilla and posterior end of maxilla produced as a thin flexible lamina; upper jaw's inner lining and adjacent membranes with one or two conspicuous black stripes; dorsal half of dorsal fin usually dark except for narrow pale margin, remainder of fin pale and often with 8 or 9 evenly spaced dark blotches that extend onto basal fourth to third of fin and slightly onto dorsum; D XI,14; body with about 90-11 0 oblique scale rows; total gill rakers 28-35 (Ref. 81517).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits open sand and rubble substrates in about 20-25 meters (Ref. 48637). May be found in depths greater than 100 m (Ref. 559). Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Employ mouthbrooding to care for their young (Ref. 240).

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Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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