Oplegnathidae

<i>Oplegnathus</i>

Oplegnathus

Genus of fishes

Oplegnathus is currently the sole recognized genus in the knifejaw family (Oplegnathidae) of marine perciform fishes.[5] The largest, the Cape knifejaw, can reach a maximum length around 90 cm (35 in). Knifejaws have teeth fused into a parrot-like beak in adulthood. They feed on barnacles and mollusks, and are fished commercially. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[6]

Quick Facts Oplegnathus Temporal range: Early Miocene to present, Scientific classification ...

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[7]

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.Plio.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.Plio.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocene

References

  1. [1]
    Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. [2]
    Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  3. [3]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Oplegnathus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Oplegnathidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. [5]
    Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Oplegnathidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  6. [6]
    J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 437. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  7. [7]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Oplegnathus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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