Bearded roguefish
Tetraroge barbata
- Usual depth0.6 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0.6 m · Deepest record: 0.6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bearded roguefish, Mangrove Waspfish
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Agohige-okoze, Agohigeokoze, アゴヒゲオコゼ
Other scientific names: Apistus barbatus
Similar species
- Freshwater waspfish
Tetraroge nigra
- waspfish
Paracentropogon longispinis
Cockatoo FishAblabys taenianotus
- Redskinfish
Ablabys binotatus
- Spiny Leaf-fish
Ablabys macracanthus
- Onespot Waspfish
Neocentropogon aeglefinus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 25 open-data records from 1829 to 1979.
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