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Bartail jawfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Opistognathidae
Genus:	Opistognathus
Species:	O. cuvierii
Binomial name
Opistognathus cuvierii Valenciennes, 1836
Synonyms
Gnathypops cuvieri (Valenciennes, 1836) (Note - Specific epithet misspelled)

The bartail jawfish (Opistognathus cuvierii) is a species of jawfish known only from reefs in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of southern Brazil. This species can reach a length of 11.4 centimetres (4.5 in) SL. The specific name honours the French naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832).

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opistognathus cuvierii". FishBase. February 2014 version.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 March 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA: Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

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