Saltwaterfish. Jawfishes. It is a bottom-dweller in sand and coral debris, by day it remains in its burrow, wich it excavates itsself. It lines its burrow with small stones and shells.

- Yellowhead Jawfish Opistognathus aurifrons.

Size: 10 to 18 cm, max 25 cm.
Colour: Greyish-olive to light tan body, with many yellow blotches and dusky markings.
Shape: Elongated with big head and mouth.

Inhabits coral reefs. It is a bottom-dweller in sand and coral debris, by day it remains in its burrow, which it excavates itsself.

BES-eilanden: St. Eustatius.

[Marion Haarsma, feb 2016]

- DeLoach, N., & Humann, P. (2002). Reef Fish Identification
- Florida Caribbean Bahamas - 3th Edition. New World Publications, Inc.

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