Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae)

Three of four new jawfishes described herein have sexually dimorphic jaws and dichromatic maxillary markings: O. smithvanizi, with a simple nasal cirrus, buccal pigmentation and other traits similar to members of the O. macrognathus group, is known only from Isla del Caño, a continental shelf island...

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Main Authors: William A. Bussing, Robert J. Lavenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2003-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442003000200024