THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Opistognathidae · Clear filter
55 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Anoptoplacus pygmaeus Smith-Vaniz, 2017 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lonchopisthus ancistrus Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2017 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lonchopisthus lemur (Myers, 1935) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| swordtail jawfishLonchopisthus micrognathus (Poey, 1860) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longtail jawfishLonchopisthus sinuscalifornicus Castro-Aguirre & Villavicencio-Garayzar, 1988 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opisthognathus scops | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus albicaudatus Smith-Vaniz, 2011 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus alleni Smith-Vaniz, 2004 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus annulatus (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Klausewitz, 1961) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowhead jawfishOpistognathus aurifrons (Jordan & Thompson, 1905) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith-Vaniz, 1997 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus brochus Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus decorus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus dendriticus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus dipharus Smith-Vaniz, 2010 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus ensiferus Smith-Vaniz, 2016 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus eximius (Ogilby, 1908) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus galapagensis Allen & Robertson, 1991 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus gilberti Böhlke, 1967 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus hopkinsi (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus jacksoniensis MacLeay, 1881 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus liturus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| moustache jawfishOpistognathus lonchurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus longinaris Smith-Vaniz, 2010 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus macrolepis Peters, 1866 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| halfscaled jawfishOpistognathus margaretae Smith-Vaniz, 1983 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mottled jawfishOpistognathus maxillosus Poey, 1860 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| largescale jawfishOpistognathus megalepis Smith-Vaniz, 1972 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| robust jawfishOpistognathus muscatensis Boulenger, 1888 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus ocellicaudatus Shinohara, 2021 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| giant jawfishOpistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotfin jawfishOpistognathus robinsi Smith-Vaniz, 1997 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus rosenbergii Bleeker, 1856 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus schrieri Smith-Vaniz, 2017 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bullseye jawfishOpistognathus scops (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus seminudus Smith-Vaniz, 2004 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus signatus Smith-Vaniz, 1997 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus simus Smith-Vaniz, 2010 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus smithvanizi Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus stigmosus Smith-Vaniz, 2004 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus thionyi Smith-Vaniz, Tornabene & Macieira, 2018 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dusky jawfishOpistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stalix albonotata Wada, Suzuki, Kobayashi & Senou, 2025 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stalix davidsheni Klausewitz, 1985 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stalix dicra Smith-Vaniz, 1989 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stalix eremia Smith-Vaniz, 1989 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stalix flavida Smith-Vaniz, 1989 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stalix histrio Jordan & Snyder, 1902 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stalix immaculata Xu & Zhan, 1980 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
55 records · page 1 of 2
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.