''Stephanolepis'' is a

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of bony fish in the

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Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Members of this genus are unusual-shaped fish and have a very rough skin, which gives them their common name. They are laterally flattened and deep-bodied, with long dorsal and anal fins and a fan-shaped tail. They have a mouth at the tip of the projecting snout and a long spine on the top of the head.

Species

Five recognized species are placed in this genus:Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.'' * ''

Stephanolepis auratus ''Stephanolepis'' is a genus of bony fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Members of this genus are unusual-shaped fish and have a very rough skin, which gives them their common name. They are laterally flattened and deep-bodied, wi ...

'' ( Castelnau, 1861) (porky) * ''

Stephanolepis cirrhifer ''Stephanolepis cirrhifer'', commonly known as the thread-sail filefish, is a species of marine fish in the family Monacanthidae. It is found in the western Pacific, in an area that ranges from northern Japan to the East China Sea, to Korea. ...

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, 1850) (threadsail filefish) * ''

Stephanolepis diaspros ''Stephanolepis diaspros'', commonly known as the reticulated filefish or the reticulated leatherjacket, is a species of bony fish, a Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the Family (biology), family Monacanthidae. Its natural range is the western ...

'' Fraser-Brunner, 1940 (reticulated leatherjacket) * ''

Stephanolepis hispidus ''Stephanolepis hispidus'', the planehead filefish, is a species of bony fish in the family Monacanthidae. Description Planehead filefish grow to a maximum length of , but are more typically about long. Their colour is cryptic, being a more o ...

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, 1766) (planehead filefish) * '' Stephanolepis setifer'' ( E. T. Bennett, 1831) (pygmy filefish)

References

Monacanthidae Taxa named by Theodore Gill Marine fish genera {{Tetraodontiformes-stub