Oxymonacanthus

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

Oxymonacanthus
Oxymonacanthus longirostris
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Oxymonacanthus

Bleeker, 1865

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Oxymonacanthus halli N. B. Marshall, 1952 (Red Sea longnose filefish)
  • Oxymonacanthus longirostris Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Harlequin filefish)

References

  1. 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.


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