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Wedgetail filefish (Paramonacanthus frenatus)
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Ecological Illustration of Wedgetail filefish (Paramonacanthus frenatus)
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Monacanthidae

Wedgetail filefish

Paramonacanthus frenatus

Eight Point Seven Centimeters Filefish from the Western Indian Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Africa
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Paramonacanthus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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