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Moustache jawfish
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Opistognathidae
Genus: Opistognathus
Species: O. lonchurus
Binomial name
Opistognathus lonchurus
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
Synonyms
  • Gnathypops mystacinus D. S. Jordan, 1884

The moustache jawfish (Opistognathus lonchurus) is a species of jawfish native to the western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is a reef inhabitant. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Williams, J.T.; Curtis, M.; Pina Amargos, F. & Brown, J. (2015). "Opistognathus lonchurus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16546023A16546264. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16546023A16546264.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opistognathus lonchurus". FishBase. February 2014 version.
Taxon identifiers
Opistognathus lonchurus


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