Sealife guideThe slender filefishMonacanthus tuckeri
Last updated on 07/11/2024 at 12:13 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Slender filefish
French namesBourse élancéePoisson lime élancé
Spanish namesLija reticulada
Scientific nameMonacanthus tuckeri (Bean, 1906)
FamilyMonacanthidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
Geographic range
Le poisson lime élancé ou bourse élancée fréquente les eaux chaudes de l'Atlantique nord-ouest ainsi que celles du Golfe du Mexique.
The slender filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri) © Brian Lasenby | Dreamstime.com
Did you know ?
The slender filefish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The slender filefish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2015 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same family
Honeycomb filefishCantherhines pardalis
Orange spotted filefishOxymonacanthus longirostris
Planehead filefishStephanolepis hispidus
Scrawled filefishAluterus scriptus
Taylor's pygmy leatherjacketBrachaluteres taylori
Whitespotted filefishCantherhines dumerilii
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