Bartail Jawfish
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The bartail jawfish (''Opistognathus cuvierii'') is a species of jawfish known only from reefs in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of southern Brazil. This species can reach a length of SL. The
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Bartail jawfish Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes Fish described in 1836 {{ray-finned fish-stub