Monacanthus

Monacanthus
Monacanthus chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Monacanthus
Oken, 1817

Monacanthus is a genus of filefishes.[citation needed]

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:

Species Common name Image
Monacanthus chinensis Osbeck, 1765 Fan-bellied leatherjacket
Monacanthus ciliatus Mitchill, 1818 Fringed filefish
Monacanthus tuckeri Bean, 1906 Slender filefish

References

  1. ↑ Bailly, N. (2014). "Monacanthus Oken, 1817". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  2. ↑ Matsuura, Keiichi (January 2015). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62 (1): 72–113. Bibcode:2015IchtR..62...72M. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5.
  3. ↑ Allen, Justine J.; Akkaynak, Derya; Sugden, Arthur U.; Hanlon, Roger T. (October 2015). "Adaptive body patterning, three-dimensional skin morphology and camouflage measures of the slender filefish Monacanthus tuckeri on a Caribbean coral reef". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 116 (2): 377–396. doi:10.1111/bij.12598. PMC 8932952. PMID 35310331.