WoRMS taxon details
original description
Smith-Vaniz, W. F. (1972). Two new species of Caribbean deep-dwelling jawfishes (Opistognathus, Opistognathidae). <em>Copeia.</em> 1972 (1): 48-53. [details]
basis of record
Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From other sources
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina in USA to Cuba and eastern Mexico [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Language | Name | |
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English |
yellowmouth jawfishmegamouth jawfish |
[details] |
Spanish |
megabocón |
[details] |
From editor or global species database
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