Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Arrowhead Soapfish
Belonoperca chabanaudi
Arrowhead Soapfish
Category: Barred Soapfishes
Scientific Name: Belonoperca chabanaudi
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 10-150 ft. (3-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Liopropomatidae (Family)
       └Diploprioninae (Subfamily) Barred Soapfishes
        └Belonoperca (Genus)
         └B. chabanaudi (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218173🔗
iNaturalist ID: 194618🔗

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