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View Mode View All Pictures Species Opistognathus megalepis Smith-Vaniz    Opistognathus megalepis was originally described as Opistognathus megalepis by Smith-Vaniz in 1972. It belongs to the family Opistognathidae. It is commonly known as largescale jawfish and is known in USA (contiguous states) as largescale jawfish, in USA (contiguous states) as bocón escamón. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Western Atlantic.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megalepis AuthorWI   Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] AuthorNI   Smith-Vaniz Qualification   --- Year   1972 Status   Valid Class   --- --- Order   --- --- Family   Opistognathidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Opistognathus Subgenus   --- --- --- Family   Opistognathidae Genus   Opistognathus Original Name   Opistognathus         Taxon Name   megalepis Original Combination   Opistognathus megalepis Original Genus   Opistognathus Original Genus Species   Opistognathus megalepis OriginalSubGenus   Opistognathus Original Author   Smith-Vaniz Original AuthorWI   Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1972 Original Family   Opistognathidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Arrowsmith Bank off Yucatán, 21°05'N, 86°23'W, depth 146-265 meters. Types   Paratypes: ANSP 116370 (1); UF 220955 [ex UMML 20955] (2 or 3), 229148 [ex UMML 29148] (1); USNM 205549 (1). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:135 [ref. 13621]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   ANSP 114764 Journal   Copeia Citation   1972 (no. 1) Page   48 Illustrations   Figs. 1-2 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Opistognathus megalepis Current Species   megalepis Current Genus   Opistognathus Current AuthorWI   Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] Current AuthorNI   Smith-Vaniz Current Year   1972 Current Family   Opistognathidae Current Subfamily   --- ---         Water   Salt water     Distribution   Western Atlantic. Current Summary   Valid as Opistognathus megalepis  Smith-Vaniz 1972. Opistognathidae.   Name History   • Valid as Opistognathus megalepis  Smith-Vaniz 1972 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1997:1075 [ref. 22985], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1378 [ref. 27083], Nelson et al. 2004:130 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32708]). Common Names  Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 4 (84 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   adelus Opistognathus adelus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2010 Valid afer Opistognathus afer Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2010 Valid albicaudatus Opistognathus albicaudatus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2011 Valid alleni Opistognathus alleni Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2004 Valid annulatus Opistognathus annulatus Eibl-Eibesfeldt [I.] & Klausewitz [W.] 1961 Valid aurifrons Opistognathus aurifrons (Jordan [D. S.] & Thompson [J. C.] 1905) Valid brasiliensis Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 1997 Valid brochus Opistognathus brochus Bussing [W. A.] & Lavenberg [R. J.] 2003 Valid castelnaui Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker [P.] 1860 Valid chaplini Opistognathus chaplini (Fowler [H. W.] 1946) Synonym crassus Opistognathus crassus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2010 Valid cuvierii Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836 Valid cyanospilotus Opistognathus cyanospilotus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2009 Valid darwiniensis Opistognathus darwiniensis Macleay [W.] 1878 Valid decorus Opistognathus decorus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] & Yoshino [T.] 1985 Valid dendriticus Opistognathus dendriticus (Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908) Valid dipharus Opistognathus dipharus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2010 Valid elizabethensis Opistognathus elizabethensis Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2004 Valid ensiferus Opistognathus ensiferus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 2016 Valid evermanni Opistognathus evermanni (Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1902) Valid eximius Opistognathus eximius (Ogilby [J. D.] 1908) Valid fasciatum Opistognathus fasciatum Longley [W. H.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1940 Synonym fasciatus Opistognathus fasciatus Chan [W. L.] 1966 Synonym fenmutis Opistognathus fenmutis Acero P. [A.] & Franke [R.] 1993 Valid fossoris Opistognathus fossoris Bussing [W. A.] & Lavenberg [R. J.] 2003 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 4 (84 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…