Cantheschenia

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Cantheschenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Cantheschenia
Hutchins, 1977

Cantheschenia is a genus of filefishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

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

  • Cantheschenia grandisquamis Hutchins, 1977 (Large-scaled leatherjacket)
  • Cantheschenia longipinnis (Fraser-Brunner, 1941)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Cantheschenia in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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