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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System 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=decorus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=decorus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=decorus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=decorus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Opistognathus&speciesname=decorus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Opistognathus-decorus.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 decorus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino , 1985 Tattooedj jawfish Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Opistognathidae. 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 ) ;   decorus: Name from the Latin 'decorus' meaning beautiful, referring to the attractive coloration when alive. . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 120 - 140 m (Ref. 128653 ). Deep-water Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Western Pacific: Japan (Ryukyu Is., Okinawa) to Indonesia (Sulawesi). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128653 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines : 2; Anal soft rays : 11; Vertebrae : 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with a rigid upper jaw lacking flexible lamina posteriorly, extending about 1.2 to 1.5 eye diameters behind posterior margin of orbit; infraorbitals are very broad and robust, the third infraorbital with no suborbital shelf; D XI-XII, 12 (usually XI,12); A II,11; vertebrae 10+16; scale rows in horizontal series 56-67; total gill rakers 41-44. Colouration: in life, body with 5-7 violet-blue stripes and head with prominent violet-blue blotches (Ref, 128653). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) This species is probably a deep-water species, similar to its sister-species Opistognathus aurolineatus (reflected in the depth range given) (Ref. 128653 ). 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 Smith-Vaniz, W.F. , 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes ( Opistognathus : Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )     Not Evaluated   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=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.6   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 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