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Monacanthidae
hook-tailed filefish
Cantherhines macrocerus
Male has orange setal patch
- White
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
Mediumhook-tailed filefish is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 46 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Cantherhines
- Maximum length
- 46 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and Bermuda to São Paulo, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
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