Opistognathus walkeri

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Opistognathus walkeri Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003

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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);  walkeri: Named for of Boyd W. Walker..

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 21 - 90 m (Ref. 75633). Tropical

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

Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 75633)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 12-13; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 11 - 12; Vértebra: 26. This is a large (10.2-11.7 cm SL), deep-bodied species with the following set of features: adults of both sexes with long maxilla, with flexible scimitar-shaped lamina, in males, extending beyond operculum; black inner lining of maxilla and adjacent membranes; D 12 or 13; A III; 21-26 gill rakers on lower limb of first arch; 54-55 pored lateral line scales; 16 caudal vertebrae (Ref. 75633).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Juvenile specimens collected by ichthyocide at 21-24 m, and adults by trawl at 80-90 m (Ref. 75633).

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

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Bussing, W.A. and R.J. Lavenberg, 2003. Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2):529-550. (Ref. 75633)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 24 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

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).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).