Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Banded Jawfish
Banded Jawfish
Scientific Name: Opistognathus macrognathus
Family: Opisthognathidae
Category: Jawfishes
Size: 4 to 7 in. (10 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 3-25 ft. (1-8 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida

Fish
Bottom-Dwellers
Jawfishes

Banded Jawfish

Yellowhead Jawfish

Scorpionfishes
Frogfishes
Lizardfishes
Toadfishes
Lionfishes
Flounders
Seahorses
Hawkfishes
Pipefishes
Batfishes

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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