Jawfishes facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Jawfishes |
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| Yellow-headed jawfish, Opistognathus aurifrons |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| (unranked): | Ovalentaria |
| Family: | Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835 |
Opistognathidae, the jawfishes, are a family of fishes classified within the order Perciformes, suborder Percoidei. The family includes about 80 species.
They are native to warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, where found from the shallows to depths of a few hundred meters.
See also
In Spanish: Bocones para niños
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