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slender filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri)
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Ecological Illustration of slender filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri)
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Monacanthidae

slender filefish

Monacanthus tuckeri

Deep Bodied Filefish of South American Waters

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

slender filefish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

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