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Filefishes
Monacanthidae
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 triggerfish, pufferfish, and trunkfish. Their rough skin lead to their common name, alluding to the file.
The filefish family comprises about 102 species in 27 genera. More than half of the species are found in Australian waters, with 58 species in 23 genera.
27 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 108 known species
Thamnaconus
genusThamnaconus
Meuschenia
genusMeuschenia
Aluterus
genusAluterus
Cantherhines
genusCantherhines
Scobinichthys
genusScobinichthys
Acanthaluteres
genusAcanthaluteres
Monacanthus
genusMonacanthus
Stephanolepis
genusStephanolepis
Inflator Filefishes
genusBrachaluteres
Eubalichthys
genusEubalichthys
Longnose Filefishes
genusOxymonacanthus
Mimic Filefishes
genusParaluteres
Pervagor
genusPervagor
Acreichthys
genusAcreichthys
Pseudomonacanthus
genusPseudomonacanthus
Paramonacanthus
genusParamonacanthus
Chaetodermis
genusChaetodermis
Nelusetta
genusNelusetta
Amanses
genusAmanses
Arotrolepis
genusArotrolepis
Rudarius
genusRudarius
Pseudalutarius
genusPseudalutarius
Cantheschenia
genusCantheschenia
Anacanthus
genusAnacanthus
Colurodontis
genusColurodontis
Lalmohania
genusLalmohania
Enigmacanthus
genusEnigmacanthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47176.