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quakerfish (Malacanthus brevirostris)
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Malacanthidae

quakerfish

Malacanthus brevirostris

It Builds a Burrow Beneath Surface Stones

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • East Asia
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

quakerfish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 32 cm.

Maximum length
32 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Panama and Columbia, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to the Lord Howe and Austral islands.

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