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Randall's Filefish (Pervagor randalli)
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Ecological Illustration of Randall's Filefish (Pervagor randalli)
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Monacanthidae

Randall's Filefish

Pervagor randalli

Large black gill patch behind eye

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Randall's Filefish is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

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