Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Yellowhead Jawfish
Yellowhead Jawfish
Scientific Name: Opistognathus aurifrons
Family: Opisthognathidae
Category: Jawfishes
Size: 2 to 3 in. (5 to 8 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of Mexico

Fish
Bottom-Dwellers
Jawfishes

Yellowhead Jawfish

Banded Jawfish

Yellowbarred Jawfish

Lizardfishes
Stargazers
Clingfishes
Velvetfishes
Lefteye Flounders
Righteye Flounders
Batfishes
Flying Gurnards
Stonefishes
Scorpionfishes
Sandperches
Dragonets
Frogfishes
Flatheads
Toadfishes
Sand Divers
Lionfishes
Sand Flounders
Soles
Hawkfishes
Waspfishes

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