Please help ID this jawfish

[fustilarian]

https://goo.gl/photos/nWBknyhVJ85VUxgB7

This was not the fish that i ordered. I cannot in fact find this fish for sale on their site. They are sending a replacement out so kudos to their great customer service but i'm still stuck with this fish and im not sure what it is. I always have reservations putting an unkown into my tank. Thanks!

 

[snorvich]

A dusky jawfish.

 

[Neebles]

If you are getting the correct jawfish, I wouldn't put him in the tank anyway....

 

[fishy boy]

Yep dusky

 

[eatbreakfast]

Opistignathus variabilis. The pattern on the body differentiates it from O. whitehursti, which is the dusky. O. variabilis gets it's scientific name because specimens are highly color variable, with some having a green body and red head.