Sealife guideThe orange spotted filefishOxymonacanthus longirostris
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
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