Monacanthidae
Also known as: Feilenfische, Filefishes, Filfisk, Leatherjackets, Peces puerco, Peixes-porco, Peixos llima, Pesci lima
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Order | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family | Monacanthidae |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 29 |
| Species records held | 128 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 269 |
| GBIF key | 5896 |
Genera in Monacanthidae
- Monacanthus — 24 species: Monacanthus abassai, Monacanthus bacilligerus, Monacanthus beibar, Monacanthus chinensis, Monacanthus ciliatus, Monacanthus crenulatus, Monacanthus geographicus, Monacanthus helleri
- Paramonacanthus — 15 species: Paramonacanthus arabicus, Paramonacanthus choirocephalus, Paramonacanthus cryptodon, Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos, Paramonacanthus frenatus, Paramonacanthus japonicus, Paramonacanthus lowei, Paramonacanthus matsuurai
- Thamnaconus — 15 species: Thamnaconus analis, Thamnaconus arenaceus, Thamnaconus degeni, Thamnaconus fajardoi, Thamnaconus fijiensis, Thamnaconus garretti, Thamnaconus hypargyreus, Thamnaconus melanoproctes
- Cantherhines — 12 species: Cantherhines cerinus, Cantherhines dumerilii, Cantherhines fronticinctus, Cantherhines longicaudus, Cantherhines macrocerus, Cantherhines nukuhiva, Cantherhines pardalis, Cantherhines pullus
- Aluterus — 8 species: Aluterus abassai, Aluterus convexifrons, Aluterus heudelotii, Aluterus monoceros, Aluterus rhinoceros, Aluterus schoepfii, Aluterus scriptus, Aluterus shigensis
- Meuschenia — 8 species: Meuschenia australis, Meuschenia flavolineata, Meuschenia freycineti, Meuschenia galii, Meuschenia hippocrepis, Meuschenia scaber, Meuschenia trachylepis, Meuschenia venusta
- Eubalichthys — 6 species: Eubalichthys bucephalus, Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus, Eubalichthys cyanoura, Eubalichthys gunnii, Eubalichthys mosaicus, Eubalichthys quadrispinis
- Stephanolepis — 6 species: Stephanolepis auratus, Stephanolepis cirrhifer, Stephanolepis diaspros, Stephanolepis hispidus, Stephanolepis insignis, Stephanolepis setifer
- Brachaluteres — 4 species: Brachaluteres fahaqa, Brachaluteres jacksonianus, Brachaluteres taylori, Brachaluteres ulvarum
- Pseudomonacanthus — 4 species: Pseudomonacanthus elongatus, Pseudomonacanthus macrurus, Pseudomonacanthus peroni, Pseudomonacanthus tweediei
- Acanthaluteres — 3 species: Acanthaluteres brownii, Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus, Acanthaluteres vittiger
- Rudarius — 3 species: Rudarius ercodes, Rudarius excelsus, Rudarius minutus
- Amanses — 2 species: Amanses scopas, Amanses sulcifer
- Anacanthus — 2 species: Anacanthus barbatus, Anacanthus zignii
- Cantheschenia — 2 species: Cantheschenia grandisquamis, Cantheschenia longipinnis
- Frigocanthus — 2 species: Frigocanthus margaritatus, Frigocanthus stroppanobili
- Oxymonacanthus — 2 species: Oxymonacanthus halli, Oxymonacanthus longirostris
- Paraluteres — 2 species: Paraluteres arqat, Paraluteres prionurus
- Arotrolepis — 1 species: Arotrolepis filicauda
- Chaetodermis — 1 species: Chaetodermis penicilligerus
- Colurodontis — 1 species: Colurodontis paxmani
- Enigmacanthus — 1 species: Enigmacanthus filamentosus
- Nelusetta — 1 species: Nelusetta ayraud
- Pogonognathus — 1 species: Pogonognathus barbatus
- Pseudalutarius — 1 species:
- Scobinichthys — 1 species:
- Acreichthys
- Lalmohania
- Pervagor
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.