Opistognathus ocellicaudatus, Eyespottail jawfish

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Opistognathus ocellicaudatus Shinohara, 2021

Eyespottail jawfish
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> 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);  ocellicaudatus: Name from the Latin 'ocellus' for eye and 'caudatus' meaning tail, referring to the prominent ocellus on the caudal fin..

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad ? - 97 m (Ref. 128653). Subtropical

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

Northwest Pacific: Japan.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.9 cm SL (female)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 11; Espinas anales 2; Radios blandos anales: 11; Vértebra: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: a rigid upper jaw lacking a flexible lamina posteriorly; D XI,11; A II,11; vertebrae 10 + 16; scale rows in horizontal series 42; lateral-line terminus below segmented dorsal-fin rays 2-3; gill rakers 11 + 23; spinous dorsal fin with a large blackish blotch between spines 3-7 and soft dorsal fin with two ocellated blotches ringed by white on proximal half of fin, the first brown and between rays 1-6 and the second black and between rays 9-11; distal third of the soft dorsal and anal fins yellow; head uniformly brown; with a small black blotch on opercular flap; caudal-fin base black followed posteriorly by white vertical band continuous with large dark ocellus ringed by white on middle of fin, the rest of the fin yellow; pelvic fin is yellow (Ref. 128653).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

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Fuentes de Internet

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).