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WoRMS taxon details

Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816

159746  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159746)

accepted
Genus
Gnathypops Gill, 1862 · unaccepted
Merogymnoides Whitley, 1966 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophisthognathus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opisthognathus Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted (Misspelling)
Opisthognatus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opisthognothus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opistignathus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tandya Whitley, 1930 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Opistognathus adelus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
  2. Species Opistognathus afer Smith-Vaniz, 2010
  3. Species Opistognathus albicaudatus Smith-Vaniz, 2011
  4. Species Opistognathus alleni Smith-Vaniz, 2004
  5. Species Opistognathus annulatus (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Klausewitz, 1961)
  6. Species Opistognathus aurifrons (Jordan & Thompson, 1905)
  7. Species Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith-Vaniz, 1997
  8. Species Opistognathus brochus Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003
  9. Species Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker, 1860
  10. Species Opistognathus crassus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
  11. Species Opistognathus cryos Su & Ho, 2024
  12. Species Opistognathus ctenion Fujiwara, Motomura & Shinohara, 2023
  13. Species Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes, 1836
  14. Species Opistognathus cyanospilotus Smith-Vaniz, 2009
  15. Species Opistognathus darwiniensis MacLeay, 1878
  16. Species Opistognathus decorus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985
  17. Species Opistognathus dendriticus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
  18. Species Opistognathus dipharus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
  19. Species Opistognathus elizabethensis Smith-Vaniz, 2004
  20. Species Opistognathus ensiferus Smith-Vaniz, 2016
  21. Species Opistognathus evermanni (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
  22. Species Opistognathus eximius (Ogilby, 1908)
  23. Species Opistognathus fenmutis Acero P. & Franke, 1993
  24. Species Opistognathus fossoris Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003
  25. Species Opistognathus galapagensis Allen & Robertson, 1991
  26. Species Opistognathus gilberti Böhlke, 1967
  27. Species Opistognathus hongkongiensis Chan, 1968
  28. Species Opistognathus hopkinsi (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
  29. Species Opistognathus inornatus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887
  30. Species Opistognathus iyonis (Jordan & Thompson, 1913)
  31. Species Opistognathus jacksoniensis MacLeay, 1881
  32. Species Opistognathus latitabundus (Whitley, 1937)
  33. Species Opistognathus leprocarus Smith-Vaniz, 1997
  34. Species Opistognathus liturus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985
  35. Species Opistognathus lonchurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
  36. Species Opistognathus longinaris Smith-Vaniz, 2010
  37. Species Opistognathus macrognathus Poey, 1860
  38. Species Opistognathus macrolepis Peters, 1866
  39. Species Opistognathus margaretae Smith-Vaniz, 1983
  40. Species Opistognathus maxillosus Poey, 1860
  41. Species Opistognathus megalepis Smith-Vaniz, 1972
  42. Species Opistognathus melachasme Smith-Vaniz, 1972
  43. Species Opistognathus mexicanus Allen & Robertson, 1991
  44. Species Opistognathus muscatensis Boulenger, 1888
  45. Species Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830
  46. Species Opistognathus nothus Smith-Vaniz, 1997
  47. Species Opistognathus ocellicaudatus Shinohara, 2021
  48. Species Opistognathus panamaensis Allen & Robertson, 1991
  49. Species Opistognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868
  50. Species Opistognathus pardus Smith-Vaniz, Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2012
  51. Species Opistognathus punctatus Peters, 1869
  52. Species Opistognathus randalli Smith-Vaniz, 2009
  53. Species Opistognathus reticeps Smith-Vaniz, 2004
  54. Species Opistognathus reticulatus (McKay, 1969)
  55. Species Opistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
  56. Species Opistognathus robinsi Smith-Vaniz, 1997
  57. Species Opistognathus rosenbergii Bleeker, 1856
  58. Species Opistognathus rosenblatti Allen & Robertson, 1991
  59. Species Opistognathus rufilineatus Smith-Vaniz & Allen, 2007
  60. Species Opistognathus schrieri Smith-Vaniz, 2017
  61. Species Opistognathus scops (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
  62. Species Opistognathus seminudus Smith-Vaniz, 2004
  63. Species Opistognathus signatus Smith-Vaniz, 1997
  64. Species Opistognathus simus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
  65. Species Opistognathus smithvanizi Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003
  66. Species Opistognathus solorensis Bleeker, 1853
  67. Species Opistognathus stigmosus Smith-Vaniz, 2004
  68. Species Opistognathus thionyi Smith-Vaniz, Tornabene & Macieira, 2018
  69. Species Opistognathus trimaculatus Hiramatsu & Endo, 2013
  70. Species Opistognathus variabilis Smith-Vaniz, 2009
  71. Species Opistognathus verecundus Smith-Vaniz, 2004
  72. Species Opistognathus vicinus Smith-Vaniz, Tornabene & Macieira, 2018
  73. Species Opistognathus walkeri Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003
  74. Species Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927)
  75. Species Opistognathus cuvieri Valenciennes, 1836 accepted as Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes, 1836 (misspelling)
  76. Species Opistognathus darwinensis MacLeay, 1878 accepted as Opistognathus darwiniensis MacLeay, 1878 (misspelling)
  77. Species Opistognathus jacksiensis MacLeay, 1881 accepted as Opistognathus jacksoniensis MacLeay, 1881 (misspelling)
  78. Species Opistognathus latitabunda (Whitley, 1937) accepted as Opistognathus latitabundus (Whitley, 1937) (misspelling)
  79. Species Opistognathus macrostomus Rüppell, 1830 accepted as Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830 (junior synonym)
  80. Species Opistognathus rosenbergi Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Opistognathus rosenbergii Bleeker, 1856 (misspelling)
  81. Species Opistognathus scaphiurus Goode & Bean, 1882 accepted as Opistognathus macrognathus Poey, 1860
  82. Species Opistognathus sonneratii Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830
  83. Species Opistognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927) accepted as Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159746 on 2025-05-26
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2005-05-30 12:28:25Z
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2013-03-11 14:35:28Z
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2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Merogymnoides Whitley, 1966) Whitley, G. P. (1966). Notes on some Queensland fishes. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 13 (pt 3): 235-243, Pls. 13-14. [details] 

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

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

 
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