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Mudbank filefish (Paramonacanthus sulcatus)
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Ecological Illustration of Mudbank filefish (Paramonacanthus sulcatus)
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Monacanthidae

Mudbank filefish

Paramonacanthus sulcatus

Twenty Centimeters Filefish from the South China Sea

  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Mudbank filefish is known from Western Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

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