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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Tetrarogidae Wasp fishes

Genus: Ablabys

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5 species (see list below)
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Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Ablabys binotatus (Peters, 1855)

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Ablabys binotatus
[Redskinfish]

Photo by Motomura, H.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 8.3 cm SL
Ablabys gymnothorax Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2018

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Ablabys gymnothorax
[Scaleless spiny waspfsh]

Photo by Greenfield, J.

Eastern Indian Ocean in
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Ablabys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)

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Ablabys macracanthus
[Spiny waspfish]

Photo by Motomura, H.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
Ablabys pauciporus Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2018

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Ablabys pauciporus
[Lesser-scaled cockatoo waspfsh]

Photo by Petrinos, C.

Eastern Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Ablabys taenianotus (Cuvier, 1829)

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Ablabys taenianotus
[Cockatoo waspfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ablabys binotatus Redskinfish Western Indian Ocean 15 TL 1855
Ablabys gymnothorax Scaleless spiny waspfsh Western Pacific 8.3 SL 2018
Ablabys macracanthus Spiny waspfish Eastern Indian Ocean in 20 TL 1852
Ablabys pauciporus Lesser-scaled cockatoo waspfsh Western Pacific 5.2 SL 2018
Ablabys taenianotus Cockatoo waspfish Eastern Indian Ocean and 15 TL 1829



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