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The yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) is a species of jawfish native to coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea. It is found at depths of from 3 to 40 metres (9.8 to 131.2 ft). The head and upper body are a light, but brilliant, yellow color slowly fading to a pearlescent blue hue. It can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. [2]
Opistognathus aurifrons (D. S. Jordan & J. C. Thompson, 1905) (Yellow-head jawfish) Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith-Vaniz, 1997 (Dark-fin jawfish) Opistognathus brochus W. A. Bussing & Lavenberg, 2003; Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker, 1860 (Castelnau's jawfish) Opistognathus crassus Smith-Vaniz, 2010 (Stout jawfish) [2] Opistognathus cryos Su ...
The species level taxonomy is complex and the family includes several undescribed species. Physically similar to blennies, most jawfish species are small fish (up to 10 cm or 3.9 in) with an elongated body plan. A few species, for example the aptly named giant jawfish (O. rhomaleus), reaches about 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in). Their heads, mouths, and ...
With so many kinds of eight-legged bugs running around (nearly 3,000 species in North America alone!), the most common house spiders are bound to pop up in your abode from time to time. And with ...
Female Joro spiders are yellow and black, with a body about the size of a paperclip and legs that can stretch up to 4 inches from one side to other. Male Joro spiders are smaller and brown.
These spiders from Asia were first spotted in the U.S. in Georgia in 2014 but have recently made their way to South Carolina.
This category contains articles about spiders that have a North American native distribution, rather than being limited to particular regions or countries in North America. (Hawaii and other Pacific islands belonging politically to the United States are placed in Category:Spiders of Oceania .)
But there are a few species that, when they bite, can cause serious symptoms. Brown recluse spider bites. What they look like: At first, a brown recluse spider bite may look like a bug bite or bee ...