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Acreichthys radiatus (Popta, 1900)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 29; Anal soft rays: 25 - 27.

Common Names

  • Flower-coral filefish , English , Indonesia
  • Radial leatherjacket , English , Micronesia
  • Sudarekawahagi , Japanese , Japan
  • 薄体鬃尾鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 薄體鬃尾魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Papakol , Tagalog , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Tetraodontiformes

    Family: Monacanthidae

    Genus: Acreichthys

    Species: Acreichthys radiatus (Popta, 1900)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan.

    • Biology

    Found among soft corals (Ref. 9710, 48637). Extremely well camouflaged when among the corals. Observed picking on the coral polyps and the coral tissue may be an important part of their diet (Ref. 48637).

    Habitat

    associated