Author: Smith-Vaniz, 2011
FBname: Whitetail jawfish
Comments: Inhabits flat, current-swept (3+ knots) sand and rubble plain at approximately 25–30 m depth without coral growth but with an occasional low, stunted gorgonian sea fan present. <i>Opistognathus cyanospilotus</i>, previously known from the Andaman Sea and Bali but not from the Andaman Islands, occurs in the same environment as <i>O. albicaudatus</i> and was collected from four separate burrows (Ref. 88069).