Monacanthus
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| Monacanthus | |
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| Fan-bellied Leatherjacket (M. chinensis) | |
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| Slender Filefish (M. tuckeri) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Monacanthidae |
| Genus: | Monacanthus Oken, 1817 |
Monacanthus is a genus of filefishes.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (Fan-bellied leatherjacket)
- Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill, 1818) (Fringed filefish)
- Monacanthus tuckeri T. H. Bean, 1906 (Slender filefish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Monacanthus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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