Wavy Jaw Slopefish
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
- Group: Other
- Max size: 18.4 cm
- For divers: safe
A small reef slope fish recently described from Indonesian waters, the wavy jaw slopefish is known mainly from a few specimens taken as bycatch by deep handline fishers and from video off Lembeh. It reaches about eighteen centimetres, and the depths it favours are still being worked out, somewhere along the band where snappers and bigeyes are caught.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Acropomatiformes › Symphysanodontidae › Cymatognathus
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1397782.
FAQ
- Is the Wavy Jaw Slopefish dangerous to divers?
- The Wavy Jaw Slopefish is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Wavy Jaw Slopefish get?
- The Wavy Jaw Slopefish grows to about 18.4 cm.