WoRMS taxon details
Opistognathus macrognathus Poey, 1860
276463 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276463)
accepted
Species
Opisthognathus fasciatum Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 · unaccepted
Opisthognathus macrops Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Opisthognathus megastoma Günther, 1860 · unaccepted
Opisthognathus scaphiurus Goode & Bean, 1882 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Opisthognatus macrognathus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opistognathus scaphiurus Goode & Bean, 1882 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opistognathus macrognathus Poey, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276463 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
original description (of Opisthognathus megastoma Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Opisthognathus scaphiurus Goode & Bean, 1882) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437. [details]
original description (of Opisthognathus megastoma Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
original description (of Opisthognathus scaphiurus Goode & Bean, 1882) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1882). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437. [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] 
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]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | banded jawfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opisthognathus fasciatum Longley & Hildebrand, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus megastoma Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus macrops Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opistognathus macrognathus)
To FishBase (from synonym Opistognathus scaphiurus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus fasciatum Longley & Hildebrand, 1940)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus megastoma Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus macrops Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognatus macrognathus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Opistognathus macrognathus, by Fenner, R.)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opisthognathus fasciatum Longley & Hildebrand, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus megastoma Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus macrops Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opistognathus macrognathus)
To FishBase (from synonym Opistognathus scaphiurus Goode & Bean, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus fasciatum Longley & Hildebrand, 1940)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus megastoma Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus macrops Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognatus macrognathus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Opistognathus macrognathus, by Fenner, R.)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
