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Monacanthidae
orange filefish
Aluterus schoepfii
A deep body stretches from Nova Scotia to Brazil
- Orange
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Large
- Tropical fish
Orange
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
LargeAluterus schoepfii, the orange filefish, is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Aluterus
- Maximum length
- 61 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Blanc, Mauritania to Angola (Ref. 3592 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
