Anacanthus barbatus

Anacanthus barbatus, commonly known as the Bearded leatherjacket, may look like a pipefish at first sight but truely is a filefish. They perfectly mimic a floating branch of mangrove. Also blending in with seagrass very well and found along other stringy objects like ropes and stringy sponges. They do enter magrove fields as wel.

Little is documented about their behaviour and food in nature, but we noticed it does eat various small crustateans very well. So try offering a mix of meaty foods to keep this fish healthy!