Scientific Name
Opistognathus gilberti
Common Name
Yellow jawfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 11;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 12-14;
Anal
spines: 2;
Anal
soft rays: 13 - 14. Females gray, shading to whitish ventrally on head and abdomen, with a median yellow stripe in dorsal and anal fins, and a large area of yellow in caudal fin. Males head and body reddish gray, darkening posteriorly to black, except abdomen which is whitish; caudal fin black except for a wedge-shaped white marking dorsally and ventrally at fin base; dorsal and anal fins white, the dorsal with a round black spot between fifth and sixth dorsal spines (Ref. 13442).