Leaf Fish (other)

	Leaf Fish (other) Leaf fish or Leaffish may refer to: * Nandidae, African and Asian leaffishes * Polycentridae, South American leaffishes * Pristolepididae ''Pristolepis'' is a genus of fish in the family Pristolepididae sometimes classified in the order Anabantiformes native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and India's Western Ghats. This genus is the only member of its family, a family wh ..., Asian leaffishes * '' Taenianotus triacanthus'', the "leaf scorpionfish", a species of marine fish of the family Scorpaenidae {{disambiguation, fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nandidae Nandidae, the leaffish, are a family of small freshwater fishes which some authorities classify in the order Anabantiformes, but which the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the family and the related Badidae and Pristolepididae outside that order as "sister-taxa". Fishes of the World classified these families and the Anabantiformes alongside Synbranchiformes, Carangiformes, Istiophoriformes and Pleuronectiformes in a monophyletic clade which is a sister taxon to the Ovalentaria but to which the authors do not assign a rank or a name. According to FishBase, the family includes three genera: ''Nandus'' of South and Southeast Asia with several species, and the monotypic ''Afronandus'' and ''Polycentropsis'' of tropical West and Middle Africa. Most recent authorities place the two African genera in the South American leaffish family, Polycentridae, which is only distantly related to ''Nandus'' (the "true" Nandidae).Collins, R.A., R. Britz, and L. Ruber (2015). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Polycentridae Leaffishes are small fishes of the family Polycentridae. According to FishBase, it only includes the genera '' Monocirrhus'' and '' Polycentrus'' from fresh and brackish water in tropical South America. Although included in the Asian leaffish family Nandidae by FishBase, most recent authorities place the African '' Afronandus'' and '' Polycentropsis'' in Polycentridae.Collins, R.A., R. Britz, and L. Ruber (2015). Phylogenetic systematics of leaffishes (Teleostei: Polycentridae, Nandidae). J Zoolog Syst Evol Res 53(4). Polycentridae were formerly placed in the order Cichliformes but are now regarded as being ''incertae sedis'' in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha. All of these fishes are highly specialized ambush predators that resemble leaves, down to the point that their swimming style resembles a drifting leaf (thus the common name leaf fish); when a prey animal - such as an aquatic insect or smaller fish - comes within range, the fish attacks, swallowing the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pristolepididae ''Pristolepis'' is a genus of fish in the family Pristolepididae sometimes classified in the order Anabantiformes native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and India's Western Ghats. This genus is the only member of its family, a family which, with the families Nandidae and Polycentridae is a group of taxa which are sisters to the Anabantiformes and form part of an unnamed and unranked clade within the series Ovalentaria, closest to the Carangiformes. These three families share the common name "leaffish" . Species There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pristolepis fasciata'' (Bleeker, 1851) (Malayan leaffish) * '' Pristolepis grootii'' (Bleeker, 1852) (Indonesian leaffish) * '' Pristolepis malabarica'' ( Günther, 1864) * '' Pristolepis marginata'' Jerdon, 1849 (Malabar leaffish) * '' Pristolepis pauciradiata'' Plamoottil & Win, 2017 (Myanmar Leaf fish) * '' Pristolepis pentacantha'' Plamoottil, 2014 (Wayanad leaffish) * '' Pristolepis procerus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]