What is Opistognathidae?
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Opistognathus_aurifrons.jpg | image_caption = Yellow-headed jawfish,<br>''[[Opistognathus aurifrons]]'' | taxon = Opistognathidae | authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|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 Ocean|Atlantic]], [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] and [[Indian Ocean]]s, where found from the shallows to depths of a few hundred meters. ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} [[Category:Teleosts]] {{Biology-stub}}