Opistognathus scops (Jenkins & Evermann 1889)
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Opistognathidae
- genus
- Opistognathus
- species
- Opistognathus scops
description
Bullseye Jawfish. At least to 12 cm (4.7 in) (Robertson and Allen 2008). Near tip of Baja California, Gulf of California to Colombia (Robertson and Allen 2008). Benthic; depth: 1 – 20 m (4 – 66 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Robertson and Allen 2008).