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Ablabys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Has a more anteriorly pointed dorsal fin and more rays in anal fin (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

  • Spiny leaf-fish , English , Indonesia
  • Spiny waspfish , English , Global
  • 大棘帆鰭鮋 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大棘帆鳍鲉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 狮子鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 長棘鈍頂鮋 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 長棘長絨鮋 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 长棘钝顶鲉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 长棘长绒鲉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei

    Family: Tetrarogidae

    Genus: Ablabys

    Species: Ablabys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Indian Ocean in the Andaman Sea (Myanmar and Thailand) and western Pacific Ocean.

    • Biology

    Inshore, usually muddy-sand habitat, estuaries and coastal slopes (Ref. 48635). Sways back and forth with current surge, mimicking dead leaves and other debris (Ref 90102).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic

    Conservation Status

    Not Evaluated

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless