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Filefishes,
Family Monacanthidae
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By Bob Fenner
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Cantherhines macrocerus |
Genus Cantherhines: Eleven species. Another commonly found
genus in the wild and as pet-fish offerings.
Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard 1854), the
Whitespotted Filefish. Indo-Pacific. To fifteen inches maximum.
Feeds on a variety of invertebrates including corals. A specimen
chomping in the Andaman Sea off of Thailand, and one not eating
corals in Hawai'i. Males darker with yellow caudals, females
more or less overall grey to olive brown. |
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Cantherhines fronticinctus (Gunther 1867);
Spectacled Filefish. Indo-West Pacific. To 25 cm. Bali 2014. |
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Cantherhines macrocerus (Hollard 1854), the
Orange Filefish in the pet trade is called the American
Whitespotted Filefish in the sciences... unfortunately, in part
because it occurs on both coasts of the tropical Atlantic. One of
the more common Filefish offerings in the world of aquariums. To
twenty-six inches in length. Images of six inch and eight inch
individuals and one foot adult specimens in the Bahamas. |
Cantherhines pardalis Honeycomb or Wire-Net Filefish.
To 25 cm. Indo-Pacific, East African coast, Red Sea. Mauritius 2016. |
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Cantherhines pullus (Ranzani 1842), the
Orange-spotted Filefish. Tropical West Atlantic. To eight inches in
length. A more common aquarium offering. One off the Bahamas,
another with its single dorsal "trigger" up off Boynton
Beach, FLA. |
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Cantherhines sandwichensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824), the
Sandwich Isle Filefish. Eastern Central Pacific; Hawaii. To about 8".
Fr. Polynesia 2018 |
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Genus Cantheschenia: Two species. Uncommon in the trade.
Cantheschenia grandisquamis Hutchins 1977, the
Large-Scaled Leatherjacket. Western Pacific; Australia. To ten inches. A
beauty for sure. Here off of Heron Island,
Queensland, Australia. |
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Genus Chaetodermis: Monotypic,
the second most commonly offered member of the family for pet-fish use
(besides Oxymonacanthus). This one typically lives!
Chaetodermis
pencilligera (Cuvier 1816), the Prickly Leatherjacket.
Indo-West Pacific. To twelve inches in length. A six inch specimen
in an aquarium display, a ten inch one in N. Sulawesi. |
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