what is a jaw fish

[marinefish]

how does a jaw fish look like?
How dose a jaw fish look like and how large does it get?

 

[pstanley]

It looks kinda like a firefish with a bigger jaw Not sure how big they get but they require deep substrate for them to create their "home".

 

[slothy]

 

[marinefish]

thank you all for your replies. you help is very appreciated.

 

[aileena]

Jawfish are cool. I just had a question. My jawfish doesn't want to eat very much at all. I have a hard time feeding him. I feed him mysis shrimp and flake sometimes, but I have to get past the 2 shrimp and the serpent first. Its very hard to feed him it seems. The serpent star even invaded the jawfishes hole one day. Maybe I need a bigger tank. Hopefully he will be ok since he has a enormous hole dug in the crushed coral underneath a huge piece of LR.

 

[bang guy]

 

[bhav_88]

Jawfish, or Opistognathids, (belonging to family Opisthognathidae ), are mouthbreeding bottom dwellers that enjoy digging tunnels. There are about 60 species that are currently known of.
My personal favorite is the Opisthognatus aurifrons, the Yellow-Headed Jawfish. Most people like the Opisthognathus rosenblatti, the Blue-Spot Jawfish.