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Fan-bellied leatherjacket (Monacanthus chinensis)
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Ecological Illustration of Fan-bellied leatherjacket (Monacanthus chinensis)
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Monacanthidae

Fan-bellied leatherjacket

Monacanthus chinensis

Filefish from Indonesian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Fan-bellied leatherjacket is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

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