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Opistognathidae
Variable jawfish
Opistognathus variabilis
Dark stripe inside upper jaw
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallVariable jawfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Opistognathidae
- Genus
- Opistognathus
- Maximum length
- 9.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: from the eastern Indian Ocean (Maldive Islands and Sri Lanka) and throughout most of the central western Pacific, including the Ruykyu Islands and Palau.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
