‹ Fish Finder· #303

Barred Filefish

Cantherhines dumerilii

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

Barred Filefish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Philippe Bourjon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
38 cm
Depth
6-35 m
Family
Monacanthidae

Cantherhines dumerilii is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Its common names include whitespotted filefish, barred filefish, orange-fin file, yelloweye leatherjacket, and vagabond filefish. It is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans where it is found on coral reefs.

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

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