WoRMS taxon details
Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927)
276480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276480)
accepted
Species
Gnathypops maxillosa Jordan & Evermann · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gnathypops whitehursti Longley, 1927 · unaccepted
Opisthognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opisthognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opisthognothus whitenhursti (Longley, 1927) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Opistognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Upsilonognathus chaplini Fowler, 1946 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gnathypops whitehursti Longley, 1927) Longley, W. H. (1927). Observations upon the ecology of Tortugas fishes with notes upon the taxonomy of species new or little known. (Definition of three new genera and two species). <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book.</em> 26: 222-224. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Opistognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276480 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gnathypops whitehursti Longley, 1927) Longley, W. H. (1927). Observations upon the ecology of Tortugas fishes with notes upon the taxonomy of species new or little known. (Definition of three new genera and two species). <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book.</em> 26: 222-224. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opistognathus whitehursti)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Opistognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathypops whitehursti Longley, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Upsilonognathus chaplini Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognothus whitenhursti (Longley, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Opistognathus whitehursti, Brazil, by Macieira, R.M.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Gnathypops whitehursti Longley, 1927)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthognathus whitehursti RAD107422-001) (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus hursti USNM 320837 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opistognathus whitehursti)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Opistognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Gnathypops whitehursti Longley, 1927)
To FishBase (from synonym Upsilonognathus chaplini Fowler, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognothus whitenhursti (Longley, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehurstii (Longley, 1927))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Opistognathus whitehursti, Brazil, by Macieira, R.M.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Gnathypops whitehursti Longley, 1927)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opisthognathus whitehursti RAD107422-001) (from synonym Opisthognathus whitehursti (Longley, 1927))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opistognathus hursti USNM 320837 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
