Pervagor

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Pervagor
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Pervagor janthinosoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Pervagor
Whitley, 1930

Pervagor is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus: [1]

SpeciesCommon nameImage
Pervagor alternans

(J. D. Ogilby, 1899)

Yelloweye filefish Pervagor alternans 188689079 (cropped).jpg
Pervagor aspricaudus

(Hollard, 1854)

Orangetail filefish Pervagor aspricaudus 171534061.jpg
Pervagor janthinosoma

(Bleeker, 1854)

Blackbar filefish Pervagor janthinosoma 367133737 (cropped).jpg
Pervagor marginalis

Hutchins, 1986

Pervagor melanocephalus

(Bleeker, 1853)

Redtail filefish Pervagor melanocephalus 538921910 (cropped).jpg
Pervagor nigrolineatus

(Herre, 1927)

Black-lined filefish Pervagor nigrolineatus 137991742.jpg
Pervagor randalli

Hutchins, 1986

Pervagor spilosoma

(Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839)

Fantail filefish Pervagor spilosoma 257850937 (cropped).jpg

References

  1. ↑ Matsuura, K. (2014): 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.


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