Striped boarfish
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Striped boarfish live in Japanese waters, Hawaii and southeastern Australia.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Striped boarfish
- Scientific name
- Evistias acutirostris
- Japanese name
- テングダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Pentacerotidae
- Genus
- Evistias
A fish with a black-striped body and bright yellow fins. It lives in small groups near rocky seabeds.
Its mouth sticks out like the long nose of a tengu, a creature from Japanese folklore, and many short barbels grow under its jaw.
It uses its chin barbels to search the seabed for small creatures to eat. It is said to especially like brittle stars.
Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 50 cm
- Diet
- Small seafloor animals such as brittle stars
- Range
- Central Honshu to Kyushu, Ogasawara Islands, Hawaiian Islands, and southeastern Australia
Where the Striped boarfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- テングダイ
- 简体中文
- 天狗旗鲷
- 繁體中文
- 尖吻棘鯛
- 한국어
- 육동가리돔
- Español
- Pez jabalí rayado
- Français
- Poisson-sanglier
- Português (Brasil)
- Espartano-listrado
- Русский
- Парусная рыба-кабан
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 葛西臨海水族園 — テングダイChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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Places that keep or show the Striped boarfish
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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