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Lonchopisthus higmani  Mead, 1959
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170922

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): bocón mejilla manchada [Spanish]
  
    Spotcheek Jawfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyOpistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835 – jawfishes, smilers, bocones, tout-en-gueule  
                                     GenusLonchopisthus Gill, 1862  
                                        SpeciesLonchopisthus higmani Mead, 1959 – bocón mejilla manchada, Spotcheek Jawfish  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Howard L. Jelks  
  Notes: Retired Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 N.W. 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653   
  Reference for: Lonchopisthus higmani    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 13-Jan-2026, website (version 13-Jan-26)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2026. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 16 Jan 2026   
  Reference for: Lonchopisthus higmani   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lonchopisthus higmani   
       
  Source: Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system, website (version 3.0)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Robertson, D. R., and J. Van Tassell. 2023. Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean: online information system. Version 3.0 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá.(https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/en/pages). Electronic version accessed 14 August 2024   
  Reference for: Lonchopisthus higmani, Spotcheek Jawfish [English], bocón mejilla manchada [Spanish]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mead, Giles W.  
  Publication Date: 1959   
  Article/Chapter Title: The western Atlantic jawfishes of the opisthognathid genus Lonchopisthus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Surinam, vol. 2, no. 5   
  Page(s): 104-112   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0300-5534   
  Notes: https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506303/SFAS1959002001002.pdf   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith-Vaniz, William F., and Stephen J. Walsh  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revision of the jawfish genus Lonchopisthus with description of a new Atlantic species (Teleostei: Opistognathidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, vol. 28   
  Page(s): 52-89   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1937-7835   
  Notes: doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1001056   
  Reference for: Lonchopisthus higmani   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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