Shorefishes - Gallery

operculum: violet ocellus
body: blue bars & spots
D & A row blue spots

C very long, pointed

Lonchopisthus sinuscalifornicus, Longtailed jawfish

body: no marks

D: 13, 7 dark blotches

C: 2 bars

Opistognathus brochus, Toothy jawfish

protruding teeth
inside mouth & jaws - not color

A black

dark + blue stripes (head - 2, body - 3)

D: high, sail-like

Opistognathus fenmutis, Sailfin jawfish

front nostril - long bushy cirrus

body: 6 bars

D: 15-17, black spot at front

Opistognathus fossoris, Barred jawfish

inside rear of top jaw: black V + white and red

front nostril - branched cirrus

6 brown bars + flank stripe

D: large elongate black & white blotch at front

Opistognathus galapagensis, Galapagos jawfish

inside mouth - plain

yellow + rows blue spots & lines

Opistognathus panamaensis, Panamanian jawfish

gill rakers 37
pectoral: 20
roof mouth: 1-4 teeth

head - dark dots
body - dark spots & blotches

juveniles: black spot/ocellus on D

Opistognathus punctatus, Fine-spotted jawfish

lips: no inner papillae
male: black Vs inside lower jaw

gill rakers: 41-49

head & back: small dark spots

juvenile: 6 dark bars + edge operculum dark

Opistognathus rhomaleus, Giant jawfish

lips: inner papillae
inside mouth plain

gill rakers 28-33

tan + rows large blue spots

Opistognathus rosenblatti, Blue-spotted jawfish

gill rakers 34-35
pectoral: 17-18
roof mouth - no teeth

front nostril - simple cirrus

body: 3-4 dark stripes + elongate white blotches

D black + large ocellus & white lines/spots

Opistognathus scops, Happy jawfish, Bullseye jawfish

behind eye: upper & lower spots
body & D: 5 bars

D: 16-17
D y C: lines white dots

Opistognathus smithvanizi, Eye-spot jawfish

inside mouth - black & white

top of opercle: no flap

body uniform color

D: 12-13

Opistognathus walkeri, Longjaw jawfish

rear of top jaw: black outside & inside
top jaw: pointed, passes opercle