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Fantail filefish (Pervagor spilosoma)
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Ecological Illustration of Fantail filefish (Pervagor spilosoma)
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Monacanthidae

Fantail filefish

Pervagor spilosoma

Black lines cross the head

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

Fantail filefish is a marine fish found around Eastern Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 18 cm.

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