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Oplegnathidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Oplegnathidae

Oplegnathus punctatus, the spotted knifejaw, is a reef-associated fish found across the Indo-Pacific, with growing commercial aquaculture in China.

Oplegnathus fasciatus, the barred knifejaw, is a commercially important marine ray-finned fish native to the western Pacific.

The Cape knifejaw (Oplegnathus conwayi) is an endemic ray-finned fish found only off South Africa’s coast between Table Bay and the Aliwal Bank.

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