Opistognathus whitehursti

Author
Longley, 1927
Common Names
  • Dusky Jawfish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
47 meters
Overall Geographic Range
S Florida to southern Brazil, Bahamas
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • burrower
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • rubble
References

  • Böhlke, J. E. 1955. On the Bahaman fishes of the family Opistognathidae. Notulae Naturae 281: 1–6.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

  • Smith-Vaniz, W. F. 1997. Five new species of jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of Marne Science 60: 1074–1128.

  • Smith-Vaniz, W. F. 2002b. Opistognathidae. Pp. 1375–1378 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-13-2024.

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