broom filefish

Amanses scopas

From the Red Sea beyond the Great Barrier Reef

broom filefish is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 20 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Amanses
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Maputo, Mozambique (Ref. 4421 ) and east to the Society and Tuamoto islands, north to the Gotô Islands, Japan (Ref. 559 ), south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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