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A solitary species (Ref. 26340) inhabiting sandy bottom strewn with rocks (Ref. 5521). Rarely observed on reefs (Ref. 13442). Like other soapfishes, it has special skin glands that produce an irritating, mildly toxic slime (Ref. 26938).
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Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
Japanese threadfin bream |
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Halaelurus boesemani Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972
Speckled catshark |
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Cathorops multiradiatus (Günther, 1864)
Box sea catfish |
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Plagiotremus townsendi (Regan, 1905)
Townsend's fangblenny |
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Antennablennius australis Fraser-Brunner, 1951
Moustached rockskipper |