| Oxymonacanthus | |
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| Oxymonacanthus longirostris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Oxymonacanthus Bleeker, 1865 |
Oxymonacanthus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: [1]
The filefish (Monacanthidae) are a diverse family of tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish, which are also known as foolfish, leatherjackets or shingles. They live in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Filefish are closely related to the triggerfish, pufferfish and trunkfish.
Amanses scopas, also known as the broom filefish, is a filefish, the only species in the genus Amanses of the family Monacanthidae. It is also called brush-sided leatherjacket in Australia or broom leatherjacket in Christmas Island.
The orange spotted filefish or harlequin filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris, is a filefish in the family Monacanthidae found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Oceans. The orangespotted filefish is a different species and refers to Cantherhines pullus.
Pseudomonacanthus is a genus in the filefishes native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans.
Stephanolepis is a genus of bony fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Members of this genus are unusual-shaped fish and have a very rough skin which gives them their common name. They are laterally flattened and deep bodied with long dorsal and anal fins and a fan-shaped tail. They have a mouth at the tip of the projecting snout and a long spine on the top of the head.
Stephanolepis cirrhifer, commonly known as the thread-sail filefish, is a species of marine fish in the family Monacanthidae. It is found in the western Pacific, in an area that ranges from northern Japan to the East China Sea, to Korea. Other common names for the fish include "Kawahagi" "カワハギ" "皮剥" (Japanese) and “쥐치” "Jwi-chi" (Korean). The fish grows to a maximum length of about 12 inches, and consumes both plant material and small marine organisms like skeleton shrimp. S. cirrhifer is host of the parasite Peniculus minuticaudae. Some minor genetic differentiation between S. cirrhifer born in the wild and those bred in a hatchery for consumer use has been shown. The fish is edible and sold commercially for culinary purposes in many Asian countries.
Brachaluteres is a genus of filefish of the family Monacanthidae. The genus name "Brachaluteres" is derived from the Greek brachys and the Latin luteus. Fish of the genus occur in the tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean.
Aluterus is a genus of filefishes.
Anacanthus barbatus also known as the bearded leatherjacket is a species of filefish found in the Indo-Pacific. It is found on reefs at depths of from 3 to 8 metres. This species grows to a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.
Cantherhines is a genus of filefishes.
Enigmacanthus filamentosus is a species of filefish native to the Marshall Islands and the Seychelles. This species grows to a length of 3.6 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
Lalmohania velutina is a species of filefish known only from the Gulf of Mannar in India. This species grows to a length of 7.2 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
Monacanthus is a genus of filefishes.
Pervagor is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Pseudalutarius nasicornis also known as the rhinoceros leatherjacket is a species of filefish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. It occurs on reefs at depths of from 1 to 55 metres. This species grows to a length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
Rudarius is a genus of filefishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Scobinichthys granulatus also known as the rough leatherjackets is a species of filefish native to the coastal waters of southern Australia. It lives on rocky reefs and in beds of seagrass. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Scobinichthys.
Thamnaconus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Cantherhines macrocerus, commonly known as the whitespotted filefish or American whitespotted filefish, is a marine fish found along the coast of Florida extending southward into the Caribbean. This species is distinct and separate from Cantherhines dumerilii, the similarly named whitespotted filefish which is found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Arotrolepis filicauda, is a filefish found in northern Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, eastern Victoria, northern Tasmania, and southern Papua New Guinea, the sole member of its genus.
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