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Old Wife

Enoplosus armatus

Also known as: Angelfish, Bastard Dory, Double Scalare, Moonlighter, Scalare, Zebra Fish, Zebra-tail

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2020
VenomousKeep your distance
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Adult
@greatwhite · Sydney Aquarium, Australia · April 20121 / 3
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Overview

Found singly, pairs or in large schools, over seagrass beds and rocky areas of estuaries, in-shore and off-shore reefs.
Juveniles found in estuaries.
Indo Pacific - Australia

The only species in it's family. When caught they make a sound like grinding of teeth!

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
pairsschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly, pairs or in large schools, over seagrass beds and rocky areas of estuaries, in-shore and off-shore reefs.

RANGE
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Adult photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyEnoplosidae
    6. genusEnoplosus
    7. speciesEnoplosus armatus (White, 1790)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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