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Opistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Giant jawfish
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> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Opistognathidae (Jawfishes)
Etymology: Opistognathus: Greek, opisthe = behind + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335); to the very elongate upper jaw of the type species of the genus, Opistognathus nigromarginatus (Ref. 128653).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina bottenlevande. Tropical

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Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Gulf of California, the Revillegigedo Islands (Socorro), and NW side of Isla del Caño, Costa Rica.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 11482)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits sand-rubble bottoms. Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates. Often caught by trawlers and anglers.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fiskeri: ; sportfisk: ja
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.41 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 136 [82, 214] mg/100g; Iron = 1 [1, 2] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [17, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.142 [0.081, 0.236] g/100g; Selenium = 64.8 [36.3, 117.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.4 [6.5, 40.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.12 [0.84, 1.52] mg/100g (wet weight);