Opistognathidae, Bonaparte, 1835

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 106-107

Opistognathidae

(jawfishes)

Opistognathus darwiniensis Macleay, 1878 Darwin Jawfish Opisthognathus darwiniensis Macleay, 1878: 355 (Port Darwin). Gnathypops darwiniensis — Taylor 1964: 278 (East Point Reef; Yirrkalla). Opistognathus darwiniensis — Larson and Williams 1997: 365 (Fannie Bay; reef off Bullocky Point; N side Channel Island); Larson 1997: 38 (Field Island); Larson 1999b: 40 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 31 (Field Island);

Larson 2000: 46 (Field Island); Larson 2002: 38 (Field Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 1074 (NT; N coast,

Cobourg Peninsula).

Channel Island, South Shell Island, Vesteys Beach reef; East Arm reef, Darwin Harbour; Burford Island; Coral Bay; North Oxley Island.

Opistognathus latitabundus ( Whitley, 1937)

Blotched Jawfish

Tandya latitabunda Whitley, 1937: 21 (Port Newry, N of Mackay).

Opistognathus latitabunda — Gloerfeldt-TarpT and Kailola 1984: 350 (10° 35'S 133° 45'E).

Opistognathus latitabundus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 345 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Pender et al. 1992: 69 (Melville Island area; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Ramm 1997: 19 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Hoese et al. 2006: 1075 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Opisthognathus latitabundus — Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea).

Snake Bay; Chambers Bay; Cape van Diemen; Port Essington .

Opisthognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868 Papuan Jawfish Opistognathus papuensis Bleeker, 1868: 333 (Waigiou) .— Larson and Williams 1997: 365 (N of East Point;

Woods Inlet; Catalina Island, East Arm); Hoese et al. 2006: 1075 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast). Opisthognathus maculatus — Saville-Kent 1889: 239 (Port Darwin). Gnathypops papuensis — Taylor 1964: 276 (Goulburn Island, in Arafura Sea).? Opisthognathus sp. — Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea).

East Arm, Darwin Harbour; Sandy Island No.2; Melville Bay; N of Wessel Island; Groote Eylandt.

Opistognathus reticeps Smith-Vaniz, 2004 Reticulated Jawfish Opistognathus n. sp. — Larson and Williams 1997: 366 (East Arm; Woods Inlet). Opistognathus reticeps Smith-Vaniz, 2004: 220 (east arm, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory).— Hoese et al.

2006: 1076 (NT; N coast, North Oxley Island).

Charles Point; Channel Island, Woods Inlet, Darwin Harbour; Van Diemen Gulf; North Oxley Island; Napier Broome Bay .

Opistognathus verecundus Smith-Vaniz, 2004

Bashful Jawfish

Opistognathus verecundus Smith-Vaniz, 2004: 218 (E. side Coral Bay, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory).— Hoese et al. 2006: 1076 (NT; N coast, Cobourg Peninsula, Darwin Harbour).