| Family: |
Opistognathidae (Jawfishes) |
| Max. size: |
11 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 10 - 30 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: India, Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and the Philippines. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 11-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 10-11; Vertebrae: 26-26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with a rigid upper jaw lacking flexible lamina posteriorly, extending about 1.0 eye diameter behind posterior margin of orbit; infraorbitals are moderately tubular, with large openings for sensory canals, the third infraorbital largest with very short posterolateral projecting arm ending with sensory canal opening, no suborbital shelf; D XI,10-12; A II,10-11; vertebrae 10 + 16; scale rows in horizontal series about 41-47; nape naked; outer premaxillary teeth are relatively straight with distinctly blunt tips. Colouration: soft dorsal and anal fins each with two pale stripes; caudal fin with one pale band; pelvic fin bicolored, dark except for the pale unbranched outer two rays and interradial membrane (Ref. 128653). |
| Biology: |
A rare species. Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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