''Cantheschenia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
filefish
The filefish (Monacanthidae) are a diverse family of tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish, which are also known as foolfish, leatherjackets or shingles. They live in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Filefish are closely ...
es native to the western
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species 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.'']
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Cantheschenia grandisquamis
''Cantheschenia'' is a genus of filefishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily o ...
''
Hutchins, 1977 (Large-scaled leatherjacket)
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Cantheschenia longipinnis
''Cantheschenia'' is a genus of filefishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily ...
''
Fraser-Brunner, 1941
References
Monacanthidae
Marine fish genera
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