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Lonchopisthus lemur  (Myers, 1935)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 645461

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lonchopisthus meadi Menezes and Lima de Figueiredo, 1971
  
    Lonchistium lemur Myers, 1935
  
  Common Name(s): Ghost Jawfish [English]
  
    bocón fantasma [Spanish]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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 lemur (Myers, 1935) – Ghost Jawfish, bocón fantasma  
       

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  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 lemur   
       
  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 lemur, Ghost Jawfish [English], bocón fantasma [Spanish]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Myers, George S.  
  Publication Date: 1935   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new genus of opisthognathid fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 91, no. 23   
  Page(s): 1-5   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0096-8749   
  Notes: https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/smithsonianmisce911947smit   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, Lawrence M., Katherine E. Bemis, Thomas E. Dowling, Héctor S. Espinosa-Pérez, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 8th edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 37   
  Page(s): vii + 439   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781934874691, 0097-0638  
  Notes: doi: 10.47886/9781934874691   
  Reference for: Lonchopisthus lemur, Ghost Jawfish [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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