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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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Country Information: ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu_Island
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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

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

Biển gần đáy; Mức độ sâu 20 - 100 m (Ref. 559).   Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: eastern Australia to the Ryukyus, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm SL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 559)

Short description Khóa để định loại | Hình thái học | Sinh trắc học

Các tia vây lưng cứng (tổng cộng) : 11; Các vây lưng mềm (tổng cộng) : 14; Tia cứng vây hậu môn: 3; Tia mềm vây hậu môn: 14; Động vật có xương sống: 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters: elongated supramaxilla and posterior end of maxilla produced as a thin flexible lamina; upper jaw's inner lining and adjacent membranes with one or two conspicuous black stripes; dorsal half of dorsal fin usually dark except for narrow pale margin, remainder of fin pale and often with 8 or 9 evenly spaced dark blotches that extend onto basal fourth to third of fin and slightly onto dorsum; D XI,14; body with about 90-11 0 oblique scale rows; total gill rakers 28-35 (Ref. 81517).

Sinh học     Tự điển (thí dụ epibenthic)

Inhabits open sand and rubble substrates in about 20-25 meters (Ref. 48637). May be found in depths greater than 100 m (Ref. 559). Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Sự tái sinh sản | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Ấu trùng

Employ mouthbrooding to care for their young (Ref. 240).

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Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa 5252(1):1-180. (Ref. 128653)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.1 - 28.5, mean 27.5 (based on 554 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Mức dinh dưỡng (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (21 of 100).