Monacanthidae

wier-net filefish

Cantherhines pardalis

Filefish from the Hawaiian Islands

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Cantherhines pardalis is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Common names include honeycomb filefish, honeycomb leatherjacket, and wire-netting filefish. It is native to the Indian Ocean, the eastern Atlantic, and the western Pacific, except for the seas around Hawaii, where it is replaced by Cantherhines sandwichiensis.