Gold-specs jawfish (Opistognathus randalli)

Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Gold-specs jawfish
- Climates: Tropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Opistognathus - Opistognathus
- Family: Opistognathidae - Jawfishes
- Order: Perciformes - Perches
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Western Pacific: Indonesia, eastern Borneo and the Philippines. Max length: 11 cm SL Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15; Vertebrae: 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters: elongate supramaxilla and posterior end of maxilla produced as a thin flexible lamina; a single conspicuous black stripe at inner lining of upper jaw and adjacent membranes; dorsal, anal and caudal fins with narrow, pale (blue in life) distal margins; when alive, dorsal portion of iris golden; lateral-line terminus below verticals between segmented dorsal-fin rays 1 to 4, typically below second to third ray; caudal vertebrae 18.