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]

Bartail jawfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Opistognathidae
Genus: Opistognathus
Species:
O. cuvierii
Binomial name
Opistognathus cuvierii
Synonyms
  • Gnathypops cuvieri (Valenciennes, 1836) (Note - Specific epithet misspelled)

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opistognathus cuvierii". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. ^ 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.