WoRMS taxon details
Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835
Genus Anoptoplacus Smith-Vaniz, 2017
Genus Lonchopisthus Gill, 1862
Genus Opisthognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Stalix Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Genus Lonchistium Myers, 1935 accepted as Lonchopisthus Gill, 1862
Genus Merogymnoides Whitley, 1966 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816 (synonym)
Genus Merogymnus Ogilby, 1908 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Ophisthognathus accepted as Opisthognathus Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
Genus Opisthognatus accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
Genus Opisthognothus accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
Genus Tandya Whitley, 1930 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Upsilonognathus Fowler, 1946 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Lonchopisthus Gill, 1862
Genus Opisthognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Stalix Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Genus Lonchistium Myers, 1935 accepted as Lonchopisthus Gill, 1862
Genus Merogymnoides Whitley, 1966 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816 (synonym)
Genus Merogymnus Ogilby, 1908 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Ophisthognathus accepted as Opisthognathus Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
Genus Opisthognatus accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
Genus Opisthognothus accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
Genus Tandya Whitley, 1930 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Upsilonognathus Fowler, 1946 accepted as Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: western and central Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Gulf of California. Scales cycloid. Head naked....
Description Distribution: western and central Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Gulf of California. Scales cycloid. Head naked. Large-mouthed. Pelvic fins more anterior than pectorals. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5, the inner 3 weak and branched while the outer 2 are stout and unbranched. Continuous dorsal fin with 9-12 spines. Lateral line running along dorsal, terminating near end of dorsal fin; one species with a ventral and a dorsal lateral line. Palatine toothless. Species of Stalix with transversly forked anterior spines in dorsal fin. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151443 on 2023-06-07
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Distribution: western and central Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Gulf of California. Scales cycloid. Head naked. Large-mouthed. Pelvic fins more anterior than pectorals. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5, the inner 3 weak and branched while the outer 2 are stout and unbranched. Continuous dorsal fin with 9-12 spines. Lateral line running along dorsal, terminating near end of dorsal fin; one species with a ventral and a dorsal lateral line. Palatine toothless. Species of Stalix with transversly forked anterior spines in dorsal fin. [details]
