Jawfish ID

dragonfire

dragonfire

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Hey guys, I thought this would be the place to post this thread, even if it's not about a blue-spot jawfish. I just got a jawfish from my LFS, but I'm not sure I know exactly what kind it. As soon as I can, I'll add a pic. He was sold as a gold-spec jawfish (for a steal of a price!), but I think he looks more like a blotched jawfish.

Here's my question. What is more important in ID-ing a jawfish: the presence of a gold rim around the eye, or the pattern on its body? I guess his head looks like a gold-spec jawfish since it doesn't have blotches but up close has very tiny flecs, but it doesn't have a gold rim around the eye and it definitely has blotchy white and brown spots.

Any thoughts? Otherwise, does anyone have a good site where I can go to for comparing photos?
 
michael_cb_125

michael_cb_125

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Also you can check fishbase.
Here is the link. Just scroll down until you get to opistignathus :) There are quite a few.

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dragonfire

dragonfire

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This is Yoshi! What's throwing me off on ID-ing him is that the pattern on his head and eyes doesn't match a blotched jawfish, but the rest of him sure does (I think that's the first picture in Michael CB 125's reply). He's still cute, whatever species he is!

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hma

hma

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dragonfire said:
This is Yoshi! What's throwing me off on ID-ing him is that the pattern on his head and eyes doesn't match a blotched jawfish, but the rest of him sure does (I think that's the first picture in Michael CB 125's reply). He's still cute, whatever species he is!

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Opistognathus latitabundus :smoking:
 
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