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Monacanthidae
Bearded leatherjacket
Anacanthus barbatus
Standing headfirst disguised as a mangrove shoot
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
MediumBearded leatherjacket is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Anacanthus
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: western India to Indonesia; south to northwestern Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
