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Taxon: Genus Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816 (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Ovalentaria Smith & Near, 2012
                                                                                               Superorder Blenniomorphae [monotypic]
                                                                                                 Order Blenniiformes - blennies
                                                                                                   Family Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835, incertae sedis - jawfishes
                                                                                                     Genus Opistognathus Cuvier, 1816
                                                                                                       Opistognathus aurifrons (Jordan & Thompson, 1905) - yellowhead jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith-Vaniz, 1997
                                                                                                       Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker, 1859-1860
                                                                                                       Opistognathus cuvieri Valenciennes, 1836
                                                                                                       Opistognathus darwiniensis Macleay, 1878
                                                                                                       Opistognathus decorus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985
                                                                                                       Opistognathus dendriticus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
                                                                                                       Opistognathus evermanni (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
                                                                                                       Opistognathus eximius (Ogilby, 1908)
                                                                                                       Opistognathus fenmutis Acero P. & Franke, 1993
                                                                                                       Opistognathus galapagensis Allen & Robertson, 1991 - Galapagos jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus gilberti Böhlke, 1967 - yellow jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus hongkongiensis Chan, 1968
                                                                                                       Opistognathus hopkinsi (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
                                                                                                       Opistognathus inornatus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887
                                                                                                       Opistognathus iyonis (Jordan & Thompson, 1913)
                                                                                                       Opistognathus jacksoniensis Macleay, 1881
                                                                                                       Opistognathus latitabundus (Whitley, 1937)
                                                                                                       Opistognathus leprocarus Smith-Vaniz, 1997
                                                                                                       Opistognathus liturus Smith-Vaniz & Yoshino, 1985
                                                                                                       Opistognathus lonchurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 - moustache jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus macrognathus Poey, 1860 - banded jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus macrolepis Peters, 1866
                                                                                                       Opistognathus margaretae Smith-Vaniz, 1984
                                                                                                       Opistognathus maxillosus Poey, 1860 - mottled jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus megalepis Smith-Vaniz, 1972
                                                                                                       Opistognathus melachasme Smith-Vaniz, 1972 - yellowmouth jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus mexicanus Allen & Robertson, 1991 - Mexican jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus muscatensis Boulenger, 1887 - jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus nigromarginatus Rüppell, 1830
                                                                                                       Opistognathus nothus Smith-Vaniz, 1997
                                                                                                       Opistognathus panamaensis Allen & Robertson, 1991 - Panamanian jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868
                                                                                                       Opistognathus punctatus Peters, 1869 - finespotted jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus reticulatus (McKay, 1969)
                                                                                                       Opistognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 - giant jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus robinsi Smith-Vaniz, 1997 - spotfin jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus rosenbergii Bleeker, 1857
                                                                                                       Opistognathus rosenblatti Allen & Robertson, 1991 - blue-spotted jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus scops (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) - bullseye jawfish
                                                                                                       Opistognathus signatus Smith-Vaniz, 1997
                                                                                                       Opistognathus solorensis Bleeker, 1853
                                                                                                       Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1931)

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