Leaf Fish - TheLiving Encyclopedia

Leaf fish or Leaffish may refer to:Nandidae, Asian leaffishes Polycentridae, African & South American leaffishes Pristolepididae, Asian leaffishes Taenianotus triacanthus, the "leaf scorpionfish", a species of marine fish of the family Scorpaenidae Brachirus harmandi and B. panoides, Southeast Asian freshwater true soles

Quick Facts

Common Names:

Leaf Fish, Amazon Leaffish, Amazon leaffish, Barbeled leaf fish, South American Leaf Fish, South American leaf-fish

Class:

Actinopteri

Data Completeness:

100%

Data Sources

🌍gbif

📚itis

📖wikipedia

🔬eol

🦎inaturalist

References

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Distribution Statistics

10

Observations

9

Countries

Top Locations

Tartarugalzinho - State of Amapá, Brazil

1

São Paulo de Olivença - State of Amazonas, 69600-000, Brazil

1

San Juan Bautista, Peru

1

Caño Cuchaken (=Caño Mori), about 15 km upstream from confluence with Rio Atabapo, Amazonas, Venezuela

1

Inírida, Guainia, Colombia

1

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First: 10/27/1989 · Latest: 9/11/2025