Pseudomonacanthus macrurus
| Strap-weed filefish | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Family: | Monacanthidae
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| Species: | P. macrurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomonacanthus macrurus Bleeker, 1857
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Pseudomonacanthus macrurus (strap-weed filefish), is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae. It reaches a maximum length of 18 cm.
Strap-weed filefish are often found in pairs and inhabit shallow coastal algal reefs and estuaries across the Indian and Pacific oceans.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Pseudomonacanthus macrurus" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
External links[]
- Photos of Pseudomonacanthus macrurus on Sealife Collection
Categories:
- Monacanthidae
- Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
- Fish described in 1857