Yellow blue-spot jawfish are real and although we’ve seen one before, we didn’t realize they were a thing until SDC got some in. Exactly two small juveniles of the blue-spot jawfish arrived at Sea Dwelling Creatures originating from Mexico with…
Opistognathus pardus – a cute yellow jawfish is discovered and described from India
There’s a small new species of jawfish recently described from India which is sporting an uncommon amount of yellow coloration for this group of fish. Named Opistognathus pardus, the newly discovered jawfish species if described from only a single specimen which was collected…
Opistognathus decorus – tattoo jawfish is made with the color and size of a polleni grouper
Opistognathus decorus, the Tattoo Jawfish is the soul of a Polleni grouper trapped in the body of a jawfish. You can imagine how hard our jaw hit the floor when we got our first look at Opistognathus decorus, the most…
Opportunistic mimicry by a Jawfish – amateur discovery recognized in scientific literature
It’s a rare event when something discovered by a recreational diver winds up validated in the scentific community. But that’s precisely what’s happened with a story that first caught attention in July, 2011. Godehard Kopp, a recreational diver, recorded a…
Opistognathus albicaudatus, a brand new species of Jawfish from the Andaman islands
Ospitognathus albicaudatus is a brand new species of jawfish described from two specimens caught in the Andaman Sea. The aptly named White-tailed Jawfish is apparently endemic to the Fusilier Straits of the Andaman Islands and is closely related to O.…
Meet the real sailfin jawfish, Opistognathus fenmutis
Remember those awesome Sailfin Jawfishes that we posted not too long ago? Apparently, the original identification of O. lonchurus given was rather dubious and incorrect. These fishes are rarely seen in the wild and supplied to the trade, with very…
Jawfish treasure throve hits Japan
Last week we featured the very rare Opistognathus lonchurus, more commonly known as the Caribbean Sailfin Jawfish. Now if you’re wondering why these beauties aren’t showing up in your local fish store, you could blame it on their rarity and…
Meet the sailfin jawfish, a little known deepwater caribbean beauty
Rabaulichthys anthias are not the only fish in the reefs to sport elaborate dorsal finnage. Check out the beast of a jawfish that is the sail-fin jawfish, this specimen being tentatively identified as Opistognathus lonchurus. Hailing from the Western Atlantic, the…
Opistognathus hopkinsi: first pictures of a live one from Japan
Opistognathus hopkinsi is a beautiful, coldwater jawfish which has never before been photographed alive. If you thought that the blue spot jawfish, Opistognathus rosenblatti, was the bee’s knees of burrowing, mouthy fish then you haven’t been introduced to Hopkin’s jawfish.…
