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hook-tailed filefish (Cantherhines macrocerus)
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Ecological Illustration of hook-tailed filefish (Cantherhines macrocerus)
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Monacanthidae

hook-tailed filefish

Cantherhines macrocerus

Male has orange setal patch

  • White
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

hook-tailed filefish is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 46 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family
Monacanthidae
Genus
Cantherhines
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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