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longnose filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris)
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longnose filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) specimen
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Monacanthidae

longnose filefish

Oxymonacanthus longirostris

Twelve Centimeters Filefish of Indo Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

longnose filefish is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
12 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to Maputo, Mozambique (Ref. 4421 ) and east to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and Tonga. Replaced by Oxymonacanthus halli in the Red Sea.
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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