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Honeycomb Filefish

Cantherhines pardalis

Bislamasanpepafis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

Honeycomb Filefish — photo 1 of 3
Photo 1 of 3 · Rickard Zerpe (CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
rarebrowngreymottledmediumreef
Habitat
Reef
Max size
25 cm
Depth
0-20 m
Family
Monacanthidae

Cantherhines pardalis is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Common names include honeycomb filefish, honeycomb leatherjacket, and wire-netting filefish. It is native to the Indian Ocean, the eastern Atlantic, and the western Pacific, except for the seas around Hawaii, where it is replaced by Cantherhines sandwichiensis.

Adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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