Monacanthus

Monacanthus
Monacanthus chinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Monacanthidae
Genus:	Monacanthus Oken, 1817 [1]

Monacanthus is a genus of filefishes.^{[ citation needed ]}

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

Species	Common name	Image
Monacanthus chinensis Osbeck, 1765	Fan-bellied leatherjacket
Monacanthus ciliatus Mitchill, 1818	Fringed filefish
Monacanthus tuckeri Bean, 1906 [3]	Slender filefish

References

1. Bailly, N. (2014). "Monacanthus Oken, 1817". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2015-01-10.
2. Matsuura, Keiichi (January 2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62 (1): 72–113. Bibcode:2015IchtR..62...72M. doi: 10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5 .
3. Allen, Justine J.; Akkaynak, Derya; Sugden, Arthur U.; Hanlon, Roger T. (October 2015). "Adaptive body patterning, three-dimensional skin morphology and camouflage measures of the slender filefish Monacanthus tuckeri on a Caribbean coral reef". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 116 (2): 377–396. doi:10.1111/bij.12598. PMC   8932952 . PMID   35310331.