''Paramonacanthus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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
Indian and
Pacific Ocean
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s.
Species
There are currently 11 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.'']
* ''
Paramonacanthus arabicus''
Hutchins, 1997
* ''
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus''
(Bleeker, 1852)
* ''
Paramonacanthus cryptodon''
(Bleeker, 1855)
* ''
Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos''
(Bleeker, 1855)
* ''
Paramonacanthus filicauda''
(Günther, 1880)
* ''
Paramonacanthus frenatus''
(Peters, 1855)
* ''
Paramonacanthus japonicus''
( Tilesius, 1809)
* ''
Paramonacanthus lowei''
Hutchins, 1997
* ''
Paramonacanthus matsuurai''
Hutchins, 1997
* ''
Paramonacanthus nematophorus''
(Günther, 1870)
* ''
Paramonacanthus nipponensis''
(Kamohara, 1939)
* ''
Paramonacanthus oblongus''
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
* ''
Paramonacanthus otisensis''
Whitley, 1931
* ''
Paramonacanthus pusillus''
(Rüppell, 1829)
* ''
Paramonacanthus sulcatus''
(Hollard, 1854)
* ''
Paramonacanthus tricuspis''
(Hollard, 1854)
Gallery
File:Whitebar filefish (Paramonacanthus choirocephalus) (49509139623).jpg, Paramonacanthus choirocephalus at Raja Ampat
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, 2020
File:Whitebar filefish (Paramonacanthus choirocephalus) (40428562825).jpg, Paramonacanthus choirocephalus at Lembeh, 2018
File:Whitebar filefish (Paramonacanthus choirocephalus) (40428562455).jpg, Paramonacanthus choirocephalus at Lembeh, 2018
References
Monacanthidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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