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Stephanolepis
Sign in to saveStephanolepis 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, 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.
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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, 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: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |Stephanolepis auratus (Castelnau, 1861) |porky |frameless |- |Stephanolepis cirrhifer (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) |threadsail filefish |frameless |- |Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940 |reticulated leatherjacket |frameless |- |Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766) |planehead filefish |frameless |- |Stephanolepis setifer (E. T. Bennett, 1831) |pygmy filefish |frameless |}