© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Lonchopisthus sinuscalifornicus Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Lonchopisthus see all kinds   •  1 thumbnail  •  slide show Kinds Lonchopisthus higmani Lonchopisthus lemur Lonchopisthus lindneri Lonchopisthus micrognathus, Swordtail Jawfish Lonchopisthus sinuscalifornicus, Longtailed Jawfish español Overview Main identification features c: very long, pointed top jaw - rear hook LONCHOPISTHUS JAWFISHES Elongate, compressed, tapering body; large bulbous head, eye large, high on side of head; mouth at front, large, extends to rear of eye; top jaw with blunt notch or hook on underside at rear; lateral line on front half of body only, high; tail much longer than head, sharply pointed. A neotropical genus with 5 species; the single representative in the eastern Pacific is endemic to our area. References Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. Castro-Aguirre , J.L. and Villavicencio-Garayzar, C., 1988., Una nueva especie de Lonchopisthus (Pisces: Perciformes: Opistognathidae) del Golfo de California, Mexico., Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas de Mexico, 32(1-4):109-115. Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Pérez-Mellado, J., Findley, LL. F., 1985., Evaluación de la ictiofauna acompañante del camarón capturado en las costas de Sonora y norte de Sinaloa, México. In Yáñez-Arancibia, A. (Ed.) Recursos pesqueros potenciales de México: La pesca acompañante del camarón., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: Cap. 5:201-254. Smith-Vaniz, W. F., 1997., Five new species of jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean., Bull. Mar. Sci., 60:1074-1128. Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-19 09:55:28 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation