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Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Roger Steene, 2006 · 0 Opistognathus galapagensis 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features 6 brown bars + flank stripe d: black and white blotch at front Dorsal rays XI, 15-17; anal rays III, 15-17; pectoral rays 21; 1-2 teeth at front of roof of mouth; gill rakers on first arch 30-37; a multi-branched cirrus at front nostril; body with 83-112 oblique scale rows; rear end of top jawbone straight, no extension in male; upper jaw 71.1-80.0% of head length; lips without inner papillae; a broad flap under opercle. Whitish or pale tan; body with six irregular brown bars, the middle portion of bars somewhat expanded and may coalese to form a longitudinal stripe; six large brown blotches, corresponding with each bar, on back and extending on to dorsal fin; a prominent black spot on distal part of first three dorsal spines and a nearly equal sized white patch immediately below; no obvious color inside mouth. Size: reaches at least 16 cm. Inhabits sand-rubble areas. Depth: 5-15 m. Galapagos Islands and the coast of Costa Rica. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 15 m. Depth Range Min: 5 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=9; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-84; Latitudinal range=11; Longitudinal range=9. Egg Type: Brooded; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 16 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1991., Quatre especes nouvelles d'Opisthognathidae (Jawfishes) du Pacifique oriental tropical., Revue Francaise de Aquariologie, 18(2):47-52. Bussing, W.A and Lavenberg, R.J., 2003., Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae)., Rev. Biol. Trop., 51:529-550. 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 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=galapagensis ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=galapagensis http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=galapagensis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=galapagensis https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=galapagensis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Opistognathus-galapagensis.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Opistognathus Species in    Opistognathidae - Classification - Opistognathidae Ovalentaria/misc Teleostei Chordata Animalia Opistognathus galapagensis Allen & Robertson , 1991 Galapagos jawfish Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Opistognathus galapagensis Picture by Robertson, R. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 58018 ). Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11482 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Inhabits sand-rubble bottoms. Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates. Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Employ mouthbrooding to care for their young (Ref. 240 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson , 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 24 May 2007 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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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 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.41 se; based on food items. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2024-05-11 03:31:56 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation