Sealife guideThe orange spotted filefishOxymonacanthus longirostris
Last updated on 07/11/2024 at 12:13 AM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Orange spotted filefish
- French name: Poisson lime à taches orange
- Scientific name: Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Family name: Monacanthidae
- Order name: Tetraodontiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii

The orange spotted filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) © Luizrocha | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family

Honeycomb filefish
(Cantherhines pardalis)
(Cantherhines pardalis)

Planehead filefish
(Stephanolepis hispidus)
(Stephanolepis hispidus)

Scrawled filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)
(Aluterus scriptus)

Slender filefish
(Monacanthus tuckeri)
(Monacanthus tuckeri)

Taylor's pygmy leatherjacket
(Brachaluteres taylori)
(Brachaluteres taylori)
Discover also

Barred-fin moray eel
(Gymnothorax zonipectis)
(Gymnothorax zonipectis)

Bluering angelfish
(Pomacanthus annularis)
(Pomacanthus annularis)

Elegant sculpin
(Bero elegans)
(Bero elegans)

Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
(Arothron meleagris)

Masked rabbitfish
(Siganus puellus)
(Siganus puellus)

Target shrimp goby
(Cryptocentrus strigilliceps)
(Cryptocentrus strigilliceps)

White seabream
(Diplodus sargus)
(Diplodus sargus)

Yellowtail damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
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