Opistognathus variabilis Variable jawfish

Opistognathus variabilisis commonly referred to as Variable jawfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9293 

AphiaID:

712630 

Scientific:

Opistognathus variabilis 

German:

Kieferfisch 

English:

Variable Jawfish 

Category:

Jawfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Opistognathidae (Family) > Opistognathus (Genus) > variabilis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Smith-Vaniz, 2009 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Bali, Celebes Sea, China, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Malaysia, Moluccas, Palau, Philippines, Raja Amat, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Vanuatu 

Sea depth:

0 - 37 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.78" (9.6 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Opistognathus adelus
• Opistognathus afer
• Opistognathus albicaudatus
• Opistognathus alleni
• 
  Opistognathus aurifrons
  Goldstirn-Brunnenbauer, Kieferfisch
• Opistognathus brasiliensis
• Opistognathus brochus
• 
  Opistognathus castelnaui
  Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus crassus
• Opistognathus cuvierii
• Opistognathus cyanospilotus
• 
  Opistognathus darwiniensis
  Darwin´s Kieferfisch, Darwin´s Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus decorus
• 
  Opistognathus dendriticus
  Dickkopf-Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus dipharus
• Opistognathus elizabethensis
• Opistognathus evermanni
• Opistognathus eximius
• Opistognathus fenmutis
• Opistognathus fossoris
• Opistognathus galapagensis
• 
  Opistognathus gilberti
  Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus hongkongiensis
• 
  Opistognathus hopkinsi
  Brunnenbauer, Kieferfisch
• 
  Opistognathus inornatus
  Schwarzer Kieferfisch
• 
  Opistognathus iyonis
  Brunnenbauer, Kieferfisch
• Opistognathus jacksoniensis
• 
  Opistognathus latitabundus
  Gepunkteter Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus leprocarus
• Opistognathus liturus
• Opistognathus lonchurus
• Opistognathus longinaris
• 
  Opistognathus macrognathus
  Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus macrolepis
• Opistognathus margaretae
• Opistognathus maxillosus
• Opistognathus megalepis
• Opistognathus melachasme
• Opistognathus mexicanus
• 
  Opistognathus muscatensis
  Muscat Brunnenbauer, Robuster Brunnenbauer
• 
  Opistognathus nigromarginatus
  Brunnenbauer, Kieferfisch
• Opistognathus nothus
• Opistognathus panamaensis
• Opistognathus papuensis
• Opistognathus pardus
• 
  Opistognathus punctatus
  Feingepunkteter Kieferfisch
• 
  Opistognathus randalli
  Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus reticeps
• Opistognathus reticulatus
• 
  Opistognathus rhomaleus
  Riesen-Brunnenbauer
• 
  Opistognathus robinsi
  Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus rosenbergii
• 
  Opistognathus rosenblatti
  Blaugepunkteter Brunnenbauer
• 
  Opistognathus rufilineatus
  Brunnenbauer
• 
  Opistognathus scops
  Brunnenbauer
• 
  Opistognathus seminudus
  Kieferfisch, Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus signatus
• Opistognathus simus
• Opistognathus smithvanizi
• 
  Opistognathus solorensis
  Brunnenbauer
• Opistognathus stigmosus
• 
  Opistognathus variabilis
  Kieferfisch
• Opistognathus verecundus
• Opistognathus walkeri
• 
  Opistognathus whitehursti
  Brunnenbauer - Kieferfisch
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Opistognathus ctenion
  Brunnenbauer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-02-11 23:08:10 

Last edit:

2021-03-07 11:54:18 

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