Smith-Vaniz William F
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611‒7800, USA..
Zootaxa. 2023 Mar 8;5252(1):1-180. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5252.1.1.
Sixty species of jawfishes (Opistognathus) from the Indo-West Pacific are reported in an updated review, including descriptions of 18 new species: Opistognathus albomaculatus n.sp., O. asper n.sp., O. aurolineatus n.sp., O. bathyphilus n.sp., O. biporus n.sp., O. challenger n.sp., O. erdmanni n.sp., O. flavidus n.sp., O. helvolus n.sp., O. hyalinus n.sp., O. megalops n.sp., O. microspilus n.sp., O. nigripinnis n.sp., O. parvus n.sp., O. pholeter n.sp., O. triops n.sp., O. vigilax n.sp., and O. wassi n.sp.. Species accounts are provided for each species, including illustrations or color photographs, complete synonymies, specimens examined (or appropriate citation if previously published in detail), diagnosis, comparisons, etymology, and distribution maps. Geographic range extensions are reported for a number of species. An identification key is given for all species and frequency tables of important characters are also provided. The taxonomic status of Opistognathus inornatus and O. rosenbergii annulatus are discussed in detail but not completely resolved pending unavailable molecular data. Geographic variation is also described for Opistognathus adelus, O. albomaculatus n.sp., O. castelnaui, O. margaretae, O. variabilis, and O. vigilax n.sp. Many species are known only from holotypes and others from single localities, indicating how much more remains to be known about these jawfishes.
一篇更新综述报道了印度-西太平洋地区的60种颚口鱼（后颌鱼属），其中包括对18个新物种的描述：白斑后颌鱼（Opistognathus albomaculatus n.sp.）、粗糙后颌鱼（O. asper n.sp.）、金线后颌鱼（O. aurolineatus n.sp.）、深海后颌鱼（O. bathyphilus n.sp.）、双孔后颌鱼（O. biporus n.sp.）、挑战者后颌鱼（O. challenger n.sp.）、厄氏后颌鱼（O. erdmanni n.sp.）、淡黄后颌鱼（O. flavidus n.sp.）、淡黄褐色后颌鱼（O. helvolus n.sp.）、透明后颌鱼（O. hyalinus n.sp.）、大眼后颌鱼（O. megalops n.sp.）、微斑后颌鱼（O. microspilus n.sp.）、黑鳍后颌鱼（O. nigripinnis n.sp.）、小后颌鱼（O. parvus n.sp.）、穴居后颌鱼（O. pholeter n.sp.）、三眼后颌鱼（O. triops n.sp.）、警觉后颌鱼（O. vigilax n.sp.）和瓦氏后颌鱼（O. wassi n.sp.）。文中为每个物种提供了详细说明，包括插图或彩色照片、完整的同物异名、所检查的标本（若之前已详细发表则给出适当引用）、诊断、比较、词源以及分布图。报告了许多物种地理分布范围的扩展情况。给出了所有物种的检索表，并提供了重要特征的频率表。对无饰后颌鱼（Opistognathus inornatus）和罗氏后颌鱼环形亚种（O. rosenbergii annulatus）的分类地位进行了详细讨论，但在分子数据不可用的情况下尚未完全解决。还描述了阿氏后颌鱼（Opistognathus adelus）、白斑后颌鱼（O. albomaculatus n.sp.）、卡氏后颌鱼（O. castelnaui）、玛格丽特后颌鱼（O. margaretae）、多变后颌鱼（O. variabilis）和警觉后颌鱼（O. vigilax n.sp.）的地理变异情况。许多物种仅知其正模标本，其他一些物种仅来自单一地点，这表明对于这些颚口鱼还有多少有待了解。
