Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific 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)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Liopropomatidae (Family)
       └Diploprioninae (Subfamily)
        └Belonoperca (Genus)
         └B. chabanaudi (Species)

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