Oldwife

Oldwife

Taxobox
name = Oldwife



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Enoplosidae
genus = "Enoplosus"
genus_authority = Lacépède, 1802
species = "E. armatus"
binomial = "Enoplosus armatus"
binomial_authority = (White, 1790)
The oldwife, "Enoplosus armatus", is a species of perciform fish, the only species in the genus "Enoplosus" and family Enoplosidae.

It is native to reefs in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, and to the coastal waters of Australia.

s, the second of which is very long, sickle-shaped, and has poisonous spines. It grows up to 50 cm long.

Its common name refers to the sound it makes when caught, caused by it grinding its teeth.

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