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Monacanthidae
orangetail filefish
Pervagor aspricaudus
Filefish beneath the Hawaiian Islands
- Orange
- Tropical
- Near the Equator
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Orange
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
SmallPervagor aspricaudus, also called orangetail filefish, is a marine fish in the family Monacanthidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Pervagor
- Maximum length
- 13 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Mauritius, Christmas Island, southern Japan, Marcus Islands, southern Taiwan, Australia, New Caledonia, Marshall Islands, Johnston Island, and Hawaiian Islands; distribution anti-equatorial. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ). Replaced by Pervagor marginalis in the Line and Marquesas Islands (Ref. 37816 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
