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Ecological Illustration of Bearded leatherjacket (Anacanthus barbatus)
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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

Bearded leatherjacket is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family
Monacanthidae
Genus
Anacanthus
Body shape
elongated
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