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Fantail filefish (Pervagor spilosoma)
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Fantail filefish (Pervagor spilosoma) specimen
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Monacanthidae

Fantail filefish

Pervagor spilosoma

Black lines cross the head

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Fantail filefish is a marine fish found around Eastern Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 18 cm.

Maximum length
18 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: throughout the Hawaiian Islands, including the Leeward Group; rare in Johnston Island.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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