Monacanthidae

Planehead filefish

Stephanolepis hispida

Deep Bodied Filefish of the Caribbean Sea

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Planehead filefish is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 36.9 cm.