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Yelloweye filefish (Pervagor alternans)
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Ecological Illustration of Yelloweye filefish (Pervagor alternans)
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Monacanthidae

Yelloweye filefish

Pervagor alternans

Bright yellow ring around eyes

  • Yellow
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Yelloweye filefish is a marine fish found around Western Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 16 cm.

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