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Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker, 1860

Castelnau's jawfish
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Ryukyu Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Rarely caught with handlines from depths greater than 100 m (Ref. 559). Museum: Okinawa, Naha fish market, FAKU 48891-93. Iriomote-jima, Ryukyu Is., IORD 81-171, 81-172 (Ref. 26879). Also Ref. 90102.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

卡氏后颔鰧, Wani-amadai, 卡氏后颌鰧, ... more

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Opistognathidae (Jawfishes)
Etymology: Opistognathus: Greek, opisthe = behind + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335); to the very elongate upper jaw of the type species of the genus, Opistognathus nigromarginatus (Ref. 128653);  castelnaui: Named for the French diplomat and ichthyologist Francis-Louis de Castelnau (1812-1880)..
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học


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