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title: "Leopard Sea Cucumber"
description: "Bohadschia argus — Andere dieren. Bohadschia argus, the leopard sea cucumber, leopardfish, or tigerfish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/leopard-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leopard Sea Cucumber

> Bohadschia argus — Andere dieren. Bohadschia argus, the leopard sea cucumber, leopardfish, or tigerfish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

- Scientific name: *Bohadschia argus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1712
- Wikidata: [Q3228738](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3228738)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122687](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122687)

## Names

- en: Leopard Sea Cucumber
- fr: Holothurie-léopard

## Countries with the most observations

PF (378), AU (179), NC (127), FJ (81), PH (76), ID (70), VU (53), PW (41), JP (40), GU (38), WF (33), MP (18)

## Summary

Bohadschia argus, the leopard sea cucumber, leopardfish, or tigerfish, is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. It is native to the tropical Western Indo-Pacific region.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohadschia_argus

## Photo

![Leopard Sea Cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/leopard-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ellyne Geurts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/364287666

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/leopard-sea-cucumber?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).