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Wispy Waspfish

Paracentropogon longispinis

Also known as: Longspine Waspfish, Long-spined Waspfish, Sailfin Waspfish, Whiteface Roguefish, Whiteface Waspfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
VenomousKeep your distance
Adult
@fishx6 · lembeh, Indonesia · August 20081 / 14
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Overview

Found singly, over mud and silty hard bottoms, around corals, rocks, and seagrass beds, of reefs.
They feed nocturnally on tiny crustaceans, by ambushing their prey pretending to be a dead leaf.

Waspfish can be distinguished from the Leaf Fish that belongs to the Scorpionfish family, by the dorsal fins that begin above or in the front of the eyes.
Most species sway back and forth to mimic debris as they wait for their victims to venture close.
Extremely venomous.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Body shape
wings
Fins & Tail
sail fin

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Country only · 14
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Found singly, over mud and silty hard bottoms, around corals, rocks, and seagrass beds, of reefs.

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Adult photos 14

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyTetrarogidae
    6. genusParacentropogon
    7. speciesParacentropogon longispinis (Cuvier, 1829)

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    More in the family

    Waspfishes (Tetrarogidae)