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Basketfish (Kentrocapros rosapinto)
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Aracanidae

Basketfish

Kentrocapros rosapinto

Aracanid Fish from the Western Indian Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Basketfish is a marine fish found around Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 14.3 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family
Aracanidae
Genus
Kentrocapros
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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