Yellow Jawfish

Females gray, shading to whitish ventrally on head and abdomen, with a median yellow stripe in dorsal and anal fins, and a large area of yellow in caudal fin. Males head and body reddish gray, darkening posteriorly to black, except abdomen which is whitish; caudal fin black except for a wedge-shaped white marking dorsally and ventrally at fin base; dorsal and anal fins white, the dorsal with a round black spot between fifth and sixth dorsal spines (Ref. 13442).

Employ mouthbrooding to care for their young (Ref. 240).

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 13 - 14

Inhabit steep slopes at the edges of banks (Ref. 5521). Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240).