CaRMS taxon details
Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: western and central Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Gulf of California. Scales cycloid. Head naked....
Description Distribution: western and central Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Gulf of California. Scales cycloid. Head naked. Large-mouthed. Pelvic fins more anterior than pectorals. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5, the inner 3 weak and branched while the outer 2 are stout and unbranched. Continuous dorsal fin with 9-12 spines. Lateral line running along dorsal, terminating near end of dorsal fin; one species with a ventral and a dorsal lateral line. Palatine toothless. Species of Stalix with transversly forked anterior spines in dorsal fin. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151443 on 2024-05-09
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151443 on 2024-05-09
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
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Description Distribution: western and central Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Gulf of California. Scales cycloid. Head naked. Large-mouthed. Pelvic fins more anterior than pectorals. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5, the inner 3 weak and branched while the outer 2 are stout and unbranched. Continuous dorsal fin with 9-12 spines. Lateral line running along dorsal, terminating near end of dorsal fin; one species with a ventral and a dorsal lateral line. Palatine toothless. Species of Stalix with transversly forked anterior spines in dorsal fin. [details]