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Curaçao jawfish Opistognathus schrieri

Photo: Z.S. Randall

Classification

Opistognathus [genus] (5)
schrieri [species]

Classification

Opistognathus [genus] (5)
schrieri [species]

Presence

Recorded on Curaçao
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
Notes on presence status Holotype was caught at Curaçao, Willemstad, near Curaçao Sea Aquarium, precise depth not recorded, but approximately 152 m (500 ft.), 30 May 2012.

Publication

    Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2017. Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of Caribbean deep-water jawfishes (Teleostei: Opistognathidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 26: 46-58. [link]