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Paramonacanthus

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Paramonacanthus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Paramonacanthus, and connects out to Animalia, Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.

Vinony files it under Actinopterygii genera, Filefish and Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker.

Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderTetraodontiformes
  5. FamilyMonacanthidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded5,795

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
189
With media
7
Family
Monacanthidae
Collections
USNM, NMV, LSUMZ, UMMZ, WAM, BPBM
Recorded in
Philippines, Australia, Cuba, Taiwan, Seychelles, Kuwait, Cambodia, Egypt

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
filefish
Image
Yosogi2013123001.jpg
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taxon name
Paramonacanthus
taxon rank
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topic's main category
Category:Paramonacanthus
Commons category
Paramonacanthus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Paramonacanthus is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

==Species== There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: 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)

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