Bartail jawfish
| Bartail jawfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Opistognathidae |
| Genus: | Opistognathus |
| Species: | O. cuvierii |
| Binomial name | |
| Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes, 1836 | |
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The bartail jawfish (Opistognathus cuvierii) is a species of jawfish known only from reefs in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of southern Brazil. This species can reach a length of 11.4 centimetres (4.5 in) SL.[1] The specific name honours the French naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832).[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opistognathus cuvierii". FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 March 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA: Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2018.