Biology:Bartail jawfish
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Opistognathidae |
| Genus: | Opistognathus |
| Species: | O. cuvierii
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| Binomial name | |
| Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes, 1836
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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 France naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832).[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Opistognathus cuvierii" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ "Subseries OVALENTARIA: Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 March 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/ovalentaria/. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q2743617 entry
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