Long Nostril Jawfish

Opistognathus longinaris Smith-Vaniz 2010

Opistognathus longinaris (Long Nostril Jawfish) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family jawfishes. Individuals can grow to 4.1 cm.

EOL has data for 7 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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4.1 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Western Indian Ocean: known only from off kwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea water
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000321
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standard length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001659
- Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin
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4.1 cm
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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65 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Long nostril jawfish. View this species on GBIF