Biology:Oplegnathus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Oplegnathus Temporal range: Early Miocene to present[1]
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| O. fasciatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Oplegnathidae Bleeker, 1853[2] |
| Genus: | Oplegnathus J. Richardson, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Oplegnathus conwaii J. Richardson, 1840[3]
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Oplegnathus is currently the sole recognized genus in the knifejaw family (Oplegnathidae) of marine perciform fishes.[5] The largest, the Cape knifejaw, can reach a maximum length around 90 cm (35 in). Knifejaws have teeth fused into a parrot-like beak in adulthood. They feed on barnacles and mollusks, and are fished commercially. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[6]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[7]
- Oplegnathus conwayi J. Richardson, 1840, 1840 (Cape knifejaw)
- Oplegnathus fasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (striped beakfish or barred knifejaw)
- Oplegnathus insignis (Kner, 1867) (Pacific beakfish)
- Oplegnathus peaolopesi J. L. B. Smith, 1947 (Mozambique knifejaw)
- Oplegnathus punctatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (spotted knifejaw)
- Oplegnathus robinsoni Regan, 1916 (Natal knifejaw)
- Oplegnathus woodwardi Waite, 1900 (knifejaw)
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References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Oplegnathus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1709.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Oplegnathidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Oplegnathidae.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Oplegnathidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 437. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Oplegnathus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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