giant jawfish
Opistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Opistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Name authority
- Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Common name
- giant jawfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Opistognathidae
- Genus
- Opistognathus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyOpistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusOpistognathus Cuvier, 1816
- speciesOpistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Opistognathus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Opistognathus galapagensis Allen & Robertson, 1991 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith-Vaniz, 1997 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus gilberti Böhlke, 1967 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus brochus Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus signatus Smith-Vaniz, 1997 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus rosenbergii Bleeker, 1856 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| robust jawfishOpistognathus muscatensis Boulenger, 1888 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| largescale jawfishOpistognathus megalepis Smith-Vaniz, 1972 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus jacksoniensis MacLeay, 1881 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowhead jawfishOpistognathus aurifrons (Jordan & Thompson, 1905) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus simus Smith-Vaniz, 2010 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Opistognathus schrieri Smith-Vaniz, 2017 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Opisthognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Jordan, D. S., & Gilbert, C. H. (1882). List of fishes collected by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., in the Gulf of California and on the west coast of Lower California, with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 4 (no. 227): 273–279. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.4-227.273 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:74QHZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.