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Monacanthidae
Estuary filefish
Paramonacanthus tricuspis
Ten Centimeters Filefish from the Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Oceanic
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
SmallEstuary filefish is a marine fish found around Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 10 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Paramonacanthus
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indian Ocean: both sides of India, and across to the western coast of Thailand. A small post-pelagic juvenile has been collected from the Maldives.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
