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Opistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

276473  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276473)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Ovalentaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Opistognathidae (Family)
  12. Opistognathus (Genus)
  13. Opistognathus rhomaleus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). List of fishes collected by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., in the Gulf of California and on the west coast of Lower California, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 227): 273-279. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276473 on 2025-09-12
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). List of fishes collected by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., in the Gulf of California and on the west coast of Lower California, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 227): 273-279. [details] 

original description (of Opisthognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). List of fishes collected by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., in the Gulf of California and on the west coast of Lower California, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 227): 273-279. [details] 

Ecology

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] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
LanguageName 
English giant jawfish  [details]
Spanish bocón gigante  [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To ITIS

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