Scientific Name
Opistognathus crassus
Common Name
Stout jawfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 11;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 11;
Anal
spines: 2;
Anal
soft rays: 10;
Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: rigid maxilla with no flexible lamina posteriorly; D XI,11; A II,10; tips of dorsal-fin spines conspicuously pale; dorsum with row of 5 dark blotches, some of which extend distinctly onto dorsal fin; last blotch on dorsal fin much narrower than anterior blotches (Ref. 85161).