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Spotted soapfish / Bearded soapfish
※Off display.
Distributed from the south of Japan to the Indian Ocean. It looks like a grouper but it is a species of soapfish (subfamily Grammistinae). It can release a toxic mucus from the skin. Identified by the skin flap under the tip of its jaw.
Scientific name | Pogonoperca punctata |
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English name | Spotted soapfish / Bearded soapfish |
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