false puffer

Paraluteres prionurus

Eleven Centimeters Pufferfish of Japanese Waters

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

The blacksaddle filefish, Paraluteres prionurus, is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae. It reaches a length of a maximum 11 cm. The blacksaddle filefish are found in pairs or in small schools and inhabit reefs across the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Paraluteres
Maximum length: 11 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to Aliwal Shoal, South Africa (Ref. 4421 ) and east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ). Replaced by Paraluteres arquat in the Red Sea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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