BPBM 11471IchthyologyParatype

Opistognathus

Jawfishes

As recorded: Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Opistognathidae

Collected by: J.E. Randall and P. FourmanoirPierre Fourmanoir →Johnson Randall →
Date: August 16, 1971
Locality: New Caledonia; Noumea; lagoon off N side of Anse Vata
Island: New Caledonia
Depth: 4 m
Type status: Paratype
Record type: Preserved specimen

12 Bishop specimens of Opistognathus · collected 1970–2006Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 16, 1971, J.E. Randall and P. Fourmanoir also collected 19 other specimens.

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Apogon

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Assessor macneilli

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Cephalopholis boenak

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Chrysiptera rollandi

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Dendrochirus zebra

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Diademichthys lineatus

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Dinematichthys

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Gnatholepis anjerensis

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Heniochus monoceros

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Meiacanthus atrodorsalis

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Ostorhinchus doederleini

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Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus

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Oxycheilinus digramma

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Pomacanthus sexstriatus

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Sargocentron melanospilos

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Sargocentron rubrum

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Scorpaenodes guamensis

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Sebastapistes strongia

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Opistognathus observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1971. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 996 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-12.