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Monacanthidae
fringed filefish
Monacanthus ciliatus
Juveniles drift upside down
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Mediumfringed filefish is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 20 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Monacanthus
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Newfoundland (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina, including the Caribbean (Ref. 3790 ). Eastern Atlantic.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
