Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus Opistognathus with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae)

A new species of jawfish, Opistognathus thionyi sp. n., is described from the Vitória-Trindade Chain and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago off Brazil, a disjunct distribution of ca. 1,800 km. Opistognathus thionyi and its allopatric Caribbean sister-species, Opistognathus maxillosus,...

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Main Authors: William F. Smith-Vaniz, Luke Tornabene, Raphael M. Macieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-11-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=26789