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Ablabys taenianotus (Cuvier, 1829)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 4 - 5.

Common Names

  • Laffe de fond , Creole, French , Mauritius
  • Kakaduefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Cockatoo fish , English , Australia
  • Cockatoo leaf-fish , English , Indonesia
  • Cockatoo waspfish , English , Australia
  • Cockatoo waspfish , English , Solomon Is.
  • Cockatoo waspfish , English , Micronesia
  • Cockatoo waspfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Cockatoo waspfish , English , USA
  • Cuckatoo waspfish , English , Australia
  • Leaf fish , English , Australia
  • Roque fish , English , Indonesia
  • Rouge fish , English , USA
  • Kakaduu-triivkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Otsmikuim-kiikkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Novu , Gela , Solomon Is.
  • Tsumajiro-okoze , Japanese , Japan
  • Ikan sampah , Malay , Indonesia
  • 帆鰭鮋 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 帆鳍鲉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 狮子鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 背带钝顶鲉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 背带长绒鲉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 背帶鈍頂鮋 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 背帶長絨鮋 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei

    Family: Tetrarogidae

    Genus: Ablabys

    Species: Ablabys taenianotus (Cuvier, 1829)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: Andaman Sea to Fiji, north to Japan, south to Australia. Replaced by Ablabys binotatus in the western Indian Ocean (Ref. 9710).

    • Biology

    Inhabits shallow, subtidal areas with sand rubble and weed (Ref. 9710). A strongly compressed fish that can be seen rocking back and forth on the bottom in response to surge. Easily caught with small hand nets. Nocturnal (Ref. 48635). Solitary or in pairs (Ref 90102).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic