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Monacanthidae
slender filefish
Monacanthus tuckeri
Deep Bodied Filefish of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Smallslender filefish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Monacanthus
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Bermuda to Antilles. Reported from northern South America (Ref. 5217 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
